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West Jefferson township, Ashe County, NC

3,970 Population
26.9 square miles 147.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,402 ±$5,123 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $31,486 ±$1,953
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,094 ±$9,150 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

14% ±4.7% (547  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ashe County: 14.1% † 3,724 (±2.5% / ±674)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.8 minutes ±3.2 (28,965  ±8,825) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ashe County: 24.5 241,175 (±1.6 / ±21,626)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,715 ±241 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 11,999 ±521
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.4 (3,872  ±534) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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

5.2% ±5.6% (55  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ashe County: 7.5% † 372 (±2.6% / ±129)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,350 ±330 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,111 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$196,100 ±$23,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $221,900 ±$17,069
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.1% ±2.8% (201  ±111.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ashe County: 7.6% † 2,016 (±1.7% / ±442.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.9% ±6.1% (2,500  ±399.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ashe County: 87.5% 18,048 (±4.5% / ±947.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
18.9% ±4.7% (537  ±154.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 22.4% † 4,622 (±2.3% / ±478.7)
  • about half 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

6.9% ±5.1% (274  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 3% 802
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.8% ±2.2% (180  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 1,447 (±1% / ±231)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
180 Total veterans ±73 150 Male ±65 30 Female ±27

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