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Laurel township, Ashe County, NC

291 Population
11.6 square miles 25.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±20.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$17,198 ±$6,480 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Ashe County: $31,486 ±$1,953
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$40,714 ±$26,186 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $50,827 ±$3,707
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

34.4% ±37.6% (100  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 14.1% † 3,724 (±2.5% / ±674)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

30.4 minutes ±39.6 (2,405  ±1,852) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ashe County: 24.5 241,175 (±1.6 / ±21,626)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

130 ±64 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 11,999 ±521
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.9 (291  ±182) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ashe County: 2.2 26,409 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

230 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,111 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$212,500 ±$156,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ashe County: $221,900 ±$17,069
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

76.4% ±19.9% (146  ±85.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 87.5% 18,048 (±4.5% / ±947.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
12.6% ±25% (24  ±49.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ashe County: 22.4% † 4,622 (±2.3% / ±478.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.2% ±8.7% (15  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ashe County: 3% 802
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

25.7% ±25.5% (49  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 1,447 (±1% / ±231)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
49 Total veterans ±55 29 Male ±35 20 Female ±35

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