Home values, rents and more in Boone, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Boone compares
The typical home in Boone, NC is worth about $484,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Boone are 5% below the typical value in the Boone metro area ($508,000) and 32% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Boone rose 1.0%, compared with +1.2% in the Boone metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,259 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Boone metro area ($2,198) and 17% above the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $30,065, against $51,693 in the Boone metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 20,032 people live in Boone (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Boone has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 3 cities in the Boone metro area and the 64th-highest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Watauga County, NC · Boone metro area · North Carolina
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.