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Elk township, Ashe County, NC

525 Population
11.7 square miles 44.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±17.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,246 ±$16,379 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ashe County: $33,675 ±$1,956
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

18.9% ±24.6% (99  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ashe County: 13.5% † 3,590 (±2.2% / ±572)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±3.3 (5,175  ±2,907) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ashe County: 25.3 259,050 (±1.8 / ±23,623)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

220 ±85 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 12,201 ±470
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±1.3 (525  ±186) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ashe County: 2.2 26,535 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.1% ±25.3% (16  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 327 (±2.3% / ±115)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

292 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,218 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$290,200 ±$154,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ashe County: $243,100 ±$17,299
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±7.7% (19  ±39.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Ashe County: 6.8% † 1,815 (±1.5% / ±403.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±51.7% (350  ±119.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ashe County: 88.8% 18,349 (±4.4% / ±922.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.3% ±14.9% (172  ±89.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Ashe County: 25.9% 5,363 (±2.6% / ±531.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 1.3 times 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.8% ±11% (43  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ashe County: 6.6% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±200)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
43 Total veterans ±47 43 Male ±47 N/A Female ±14

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