Boone vs Luther

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

Boone and Luther 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 130 in Luther). Luther has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $67,269 in Boone). Luther has the higher median home value ($183,000 vs $156,400 in Boone).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Luther
Population	12,445	130
Median age	38.5 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,269	$86,667
Median home value	$156,400	$183,000
Median gross rent	$791	—
Housing units	5,751	62
Homeownership rate	73.7%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Luther
Population	12,487 → 12,445 (-0.3%)	181 → 130 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$57,943 → $67,269 (+16.1%)	$82,614 → $86,667 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $156,400 (+39.4%)	$127,500 → $183,000 (+43.5%)
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

Luther

Population

181130

Median household income

$82,614$86,667

Median home value

$127,500$183,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Luther
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	17.7%
75 and over	7.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Luther
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	99.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Luther
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	35.6%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Luther
Drove alone	80.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Luther
1-unit, detached	72.5%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Luther
Poverty rate	7.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1954	1938