Boone vs Seven Devils

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

Boone and Seven Devils 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 390 in Seven Devils). Seven Devils has the higher median household income ($108,438 vs $28,633 in Boone). Boone has the higher median home value ($373,600 vs $351,300 in Seven Devils).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Seven Devils
Population	19,534	390
Median age	21.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,633	$108,438
Median home value	$373,600	$351,300
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,500
Housing units	6,691	612
Homeownership rate	23.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Seven Devils
Population	19,119 → 19,534 (+2.2%)	327 → 390 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$22,434 → $28,633 (+27.6%)	$74,000 → $108,438 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $373,600 (+39.4%)	$301,900 → $351,300 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$796 → $1,500 (+88.4%)

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

Seven Devils

Population

327390

Median household income

$74,000$108,438

Median home value

$301,900$351,300

Median gross rent

$796$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone	Seven Devils
Under 5	1.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	4.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	64.3%	1.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	3.1%
35 to 44	6.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	4.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	3.0%	24.4%
75 and over	3.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Seven Devils
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Seven Devils
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	17.9%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	47.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Seven Devils
Drove alone	67.4%	47.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.6%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	36.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone	Seven Devils
1-unit, detached	28.8%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	34.4%	11.8%
20 or more units	22.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Seven Devils
Poverty rate	52.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1984	1992