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Ashe County, NC

26,950 Population
426.3 square miles 63.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,675 ±$1,956 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,866 ±$4,577 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±2.2% (3,590  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±1.8 (259,050  ±23,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,201 ±470 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (26,535  ±10) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±2.3% (327  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,218 ±32 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,100 ±$17,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±1.5% (1,815  ±403.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±4.4% (18,349  ±922.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±2.6% (5,363  ±531.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.8% (762  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±0.9% (1,482  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,482 Total veterans ±200 1,339 Male ±192 143 Female ±71

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