Boone vs Madrid

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

Boone and Madrid 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 2,803 in Madrid). Madrid has the higher median household income ($86,915 vs $67,269 in Boone). Madrid has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $156,400 in Boone).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Madrid
Population	12,445	2,803
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,269	$86,915
Median home value	$156,400	$185,100
Median gross rent	$791	$1,034
Housing units	5,751	1,217
Homeownership rate	73.7%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Madrid
Population	12,487 → 12,445 (-0.3%)	2,578 → 2,803 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$57,943 → $67,269 (+16.1%)	$63,895 → $86,915 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $156,400 (+39.4%)	$135,700 → $185,100 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $791 (+7.2%)	$756 → $1,034 (+36.8%)

Boone

Population

12,48712,445

Median household income

$57,943$67,269

Median home value

$112,200$156,400

Median gross rent

$738$791

Madrid

Population

2,5782,803

Median household income

$63,895$86,915

Median home value

$135,700$185,100

Median gross rent

$756$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Madrid
Under 5	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Madrid
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	94.6%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Madrid
No high school diploma	4.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Madrid
Drove alone	80.9%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	14.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Madrid
1-unit, detached	72.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	9.9%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Madrid
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1954	1959