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Banner Elk, NC

1,338 Population
1.9 square miles 696.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about half the figure in Avery County: 46.5 ±0.7
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,200 ±$17,025 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Avery County: $33,899 ±$3,147
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,917 ±$38,229 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Avery County: $57,657 ±$4,054
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16% ±11.8% (106  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 11% † 1,641 (±3% / ±448)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

11.8 minutes ±7 (4,005  ±1,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Avery County: 21.9 127,780 (±1.9 / ±14,380)
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

355 ±95 Number of households
  • Avery County: 6,559 ±344
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.8 ±0.7 (640  ±158) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Avery County: 2.3 14,874 (±0.1 / ±92)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.3% ±4.9% (10  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Avery County: 3.6% † 114 (±2% / ±65)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

788 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Avery County: 14,051 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$422,900 ±$51,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Avery County: $233,200 ±$17,392
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

35% ±10.9% (468  ±158.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Avery County: 13.6% † 2,384 (±2.6% / ±451.5)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

99.1% ±31.4% (522  ±115) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Avery County: 86.4% 11,665 (±5.3% / ±724.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
44.8% ±12.4% (236  ±84.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Avery County: 21.9% † 2,954 (±2.8% / ±374.2)
  • about 1.3 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

6.7% ±3.3% (89  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 4.1% 723
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

2.9% ±1.6% (36  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Avery County: 7.2% † 1,084 (±1.5% / ±222)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
36 Total veterans ±20 36 Male ±20 N/A Female ±14

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