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Boonville is a small town of 1,593 people in Yadkin County, North Carolina. It's about 23 miles from Winston-Salem, NC and 71 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $165k and rent runs about $837 a month.
1,593people
$165kTypical home
$837/moRent
87° / 48°Summer / winter
5"Snow
239Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,593
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,329 people per sq mi
- 71 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 23 mi to Winston-Salem, NC
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $165k (≈$1,043/mo)
- Median rent $837/mo
- Median household income $68k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 239 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 126 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (120 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (655 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 33% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to GSO airport
- 44 mi to GSO (major hub)
- 83 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,056 ft
- 202 mi to the ocean
- 78 mi to a big lake
- 34 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 21 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 322 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 64 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 15 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yadkin County: R+62 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk