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New River township, Watauga County, NC

14,457 Population
24.8 square miles 583.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Watauga County: 32.2 ±0.7
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,361 ±$4,747 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Watauga County: $32,631 ±$1,899
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$38,015 ±$8,151 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Watauga County: $51,367 ±$3,383
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

42% ±6.1% (6,008  ±1,028) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Watauga County: 24.7% 12,005 (±2% / ±961)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

17.3 minutes ±1.9 (106,730  ±18,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Watauga County: 20.7 481,140 (±1 / ±31,195)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

5,858 ±515 Number of households
  • Watauga County: 21,187 ±634
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (14,288  ±1,286) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Watauga County: 2.3 48,489 (±0.1 / ±138)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.3% ±1.9% (85  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 2% † 318 (±0.8% / ±123)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,928 ±581 Number of housing units
  • Watauga County: 33,028 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$350,100 ±$33,188 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Watauga County: $321,500 ±$17,801
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

30.8% ±5.9% (4,419  ±930.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 25.6% † 13,923 (±2.6% / ±1,399.4)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.6% ±3.7% (6,619  ±740.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Watauga County: 92.4% 28,838 (±4% / ±1,264.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
54.1% ±5.6% (3,785  ±557.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 47.7% 14,869 (±2.9% / ±895)
  • about 1.5 times 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% ±2.2% (727  ±331) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Watauga County: 3.7% 2,044
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.2% ±1.7% (400  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Watauga County: 4.5% † 2,151 (±0.7% / ±319)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
400 Total veterans ±220 385 Male ±217 15 Female ±30

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