Boone vs Fraser

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

Boone and Fraser 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 134 in Fraser). Boone has the higher median household income ($67,269 vs $66,625 in Fraser). Fraser has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $156,400 in Boone).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Fraser
Population	12,445	134
Median age	38.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,269	$66,625
Median home value	$156,400	$158,900
Median gross rent	$791	—
Housing units	5,751	71
Homeownership rate	73.7%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Fraser
Population	12,487 → 12,445 (-0.3%)	116 → 134 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$57,943 → $67,269 (+16.1%)	$75,833 → $66,625 (-12.1%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $156,400 (+39.4%)	$103,400 → $158,900 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $791 (+7.2%)	—

Boone

Population

12,48712,445

Median household income

$57,943$67,269

Median home value

$112,200$156,400

Median gross rent

$738$791

Fraser

Population

116134

Median household income

$75,833$66,625

Median home value

$103,400$158,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Fraser
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	22.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	20.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.2%
75 and over	7.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Fraser
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	99.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Fraser
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.6%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Fraser
Drove alone	80.9%	91.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Fraser
1-unit, detached	72.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Fraser
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1954	1983