Watauga County * Boone metro
35.7K
Population
$46.6K
Median income
per household
$378.6K
Home value
34.4%
Poverty rate
What stands out
1 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 8.1× the median household income.
Median household income
$46.6K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$29.5K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$378.6K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
71.2%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
52.6%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
29.6%
Approaching 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
8.1×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
5 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
33.1%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
7.8%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
12.1%
U.S.
13.1%
2 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
97.8%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
59.9%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
57.4%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
54.4%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
11 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 9201
26.2%
Tract 9207.02
23%
Tract 9204
12%
Tract 9207.03
11.2%
Tract 9206.02
8.9%
Others (6)
18.7%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-5
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology