Boone vs Boxholm

A side-by-side comparison of Boone and Boxholm: population, income, housing, and more.

Boone and Boxholm are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boone has the higher population (12,445 vs 172 in Boxholm). Boone has the higher median household income ($67,269 vs $50,313 in Boxholm). Boone has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $72,700 in Boxholm).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Boxholm
Population	12,445	172
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,269	$50,313
Median home value	$156,400	$72,700
Median gross rent	$791	$533
Housing units	5,751	100
Homeownership rate	73.7%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Boxholm
Population	12,487 → 12,445 (-0.3%)	169 → 172 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$57,943 → $67,269 (+16.1%)	$46,250 → $50,313 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $156,400 (+39.4%)	$62,700 → $72,700 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $791 (+7.2%)	$521 → $533 (+2.3%)

Boone

Population

12,48712,445

Median household income

$57,943$67,269

Median home value

$112,200$156,400

Median gross rent

$738$791

Boxholm

Population

169172

Median household income

$46,250$50,313

Median home value

$62,700$72,700

Median gross rent

$521$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Boxholm
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.7%
75 and over	7.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Boxholm
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Boxholm
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Boxholm
Drove alone	80.9%	92.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Boxholm
1-unit, detached	72.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Boxholm
Poverty rate	7.7%	19.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	40
Median year structure built	1954	1938