Boone vs Foscoe

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

Boone and Foscoe 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 1,257 in Foscoe). Foscoe has the higher median household income ($44,367 vs $28,633 in Boone). Boone has the higher median home value ($373,600 vs $302,500 in Foscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Foscoe
Population	19,534	1,257
Median age	21.5 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,633	$44,367
Median home value	$373,600	$302,500
Median gross rent	$1,080	$683
Housing units	6,691	1,528
Homeownership rate	23.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Foscoe
Population	19,119 → 19,534 (+2.2%)	1,579 → 1,257 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$22,434 → $28,633 (+27.6%)	$50,204 → $44,367 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $373,600 (+39.4%)	$234,000 → $302,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$791 → $683 (-13.7%)

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

Foscoe

Population

1,5791,257

Median household income

$50,204$44,367

Median home value

$234,000$302,500

Median gross rent

$791$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Foscoe
Under 5	1.4%	0.9%
5 to 17	4.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	64.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	4.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	3.0%	14.7%
75 and over	3.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Foscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	89.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Foscoe
No high school diploma	7.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	17.9%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Foscoe
Drove alone	67.4%	89.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	0.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	10.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Foscoe
1-unit, detached	28.8%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	34.4%	36.2%
20 or more units	22.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Foscoe
Poverty rate	52.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.34	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1984	2001