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Boomer, NC 28606 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 28606: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Boomer, NC 28606

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Wilkes County
Centroid: Latitude 36.226, Longitude -81.099
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 28606 has segments in 2 Counties (Caldwell, Wilkes).

Businesses Addresses: 35
PO Box Addresses: 87
Residential Addresses: 894

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 894

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

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Boomer, NC 28606 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	2,096
Daytime Population: Workers	229
Daytime Population: Residents	1,231
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	1,460
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.70
Population in Households	2,026
Population in Familes	1,688
Population in Group Qrtrs	70
Population Density²	51
Diversity Index³	34

INCOME
Median Household Income	$38,405
Average Household Income	$52,331
Per Capita Income	$21,581

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	987 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	642 (65.0%)
Renter Occupied HU	191 (19.4%)
Vacant Housing Units	154 (15.6%)
Median Home Value	$123,988
Average Home Value	$166,394

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	833
Average Household Size	2.43
Family Households	571
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.52%	0.43%
Households	0.47%	0.36%
Families	0.29%	0.24%
Median Household Income		2.56%
Per Capita Income		3.78%

Boomer, NC 28606 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 28606 to the other 782 ZIP Codes in North Carolina by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.