Boone vs Cove Creek

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

Boone and Cove Creek are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boone has the higher population (19,534 vs 1,533 in Cove Creek). Cove Creek has the higher median household income ($53,898 vs $28,633 in Boone). Boone has the higher median home value ($373,600 vs $247,700 in Cove Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Cove Creek
Population	19,534	1,533
Median age	21.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,633	$53,898
Median home value	$373,600	$247,700
Median gross rent	$1,080	$931
Housing units	6,691	823
Homeownership rate	23.7%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Cove Creek
Population	19,119 → 19,534 (+2.2%)	999 → 1,533 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$22,434 → $28,633 (+27.6%)	$47,839 → $53,898 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $373,600 (+39.4%)	$188,900 → $247,700 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$783 → $931 (+18.9%)

Boone

Population

19,11919,534

Median household income

$22,434$28,633

Median home value

$268,100$373,600

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Cove Creek

Population

9991,533

Median household income

$47,839$53,898

Median home value

$188,900$247,700

Median gross rent

$783$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Cove Creek
Under 5	1.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	9.0%
18 to 24	64.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	17.4%
45 to 54	3.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	4.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	3.0%	20.7%
75 and over	3.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Cove Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Cove Creek
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	17.9%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Cove Creek
Drove alone	67.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.1%
Other means	1.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Cove Creek
1-unit, detached	28.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	34.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Cove Creek
Poverty rate	52.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1984	1975