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About Boone
Town in the United StatesBoone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census. The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 the town has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre drama, Horn in the West, portraying the British settlement of the area during the American Revolutionary War and featuring the contributions of its namesake. It is the largest community and the economic hub of the seve…
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Housing in Boone
The typical Boone home is worth about $483,000, up 0.7% in a year, 44% above the North Carolina typical home.
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Safety in Boone
Safety Grade B
Boone reports less crime per resident than 62% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Boone
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
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Schools in Boone
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The public schools Boone’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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