Boone County, Indiana

Boone County has a population of 74,718 and has grown 14.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $376,200, about 3.4 times the county's median household income of $111,250.

Home price
$376,200
Income
$111,250
Population
74,718
Unemployment
2.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$376,200county
Median gross rent$1,359county
Median year homes here were built1995county
Share of homes built before 198037.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,930county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,473county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,267county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,907county
Home insurance / yr$2,887(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living91(statewide)
Median household income$111,250county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate4.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home20.2%county
Unemployment rate2.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force69.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.1%county
Share of workers employed by government11.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.9%county
Economic output per resident$85,821county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.78%county
Top state income tax2.95%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.95%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service20 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5181947county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.4%county
Traffic deaths14.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher51.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.9%county
Public schools in the county18county
Public school enrollment13246county
Students per full-time teacher16.1county
Free lunch eligible22.5%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools2county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution14 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians211county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year4.4%county
Frequent mental distress16.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population74,718county
Land area in square miles423county
People per square mile of land177.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store27.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract8.5%county
Population change since 2020+14.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age38.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.0%county
Share of households that are one person24.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.3%county
Second languages7.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents99county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents23county
Households that moved in3,367county
Households that moved away2,498county
Average income of arriving households$110,649county
Average income of departing households$107,307county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes40county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,195county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings24.1%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation33.7 incounty
Annual snowfall26.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.98 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F9 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing116 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days184 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 18county
Average first fall frostOct 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$122county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh13.3¢county
Household electricity use920 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas57.5%county
Homes heated by propane8.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood0.7%county
Households with broadband93.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk56.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk57.3county
Landslide risk31.9county
Hail risk73.4county
Earthquake risk68.0county
Tornado risk39.6county
Tropical cyclone risk14.1county
Extreme heat risk55.9county
Winter weather risk73.3county
Strong wind risk65.1county
Wildfire risk7.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Boone County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Indiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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