With 26,668 people, Boone County is a county in Iowa. That puts it in the top 4% of US counties for household income. 80% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $212,400. At a median age of 42.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,531, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 51%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Boone County
What changed most since 1990
White share99.0% → 92.9%(−6.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$96,243 → $212,400(+121%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants71.9% → 80.0%(+8.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.2%(185)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(237)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.2%(429)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.9%(35)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.7%(33)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,218 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Boone County, decade by decade
Boone County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
25,186
$62,666
$96,243
13.7%
2.4
2000
26,224
$74,256
$140,450
18.8%
4.7
2010
26,306
$71,321
$166,587
19.6%
10.3
2020
26,715
$81,742
$170,897
25.4%
17.8
2024
26,668
$83,531
$212,400
28.5%
16.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
