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Helton township, Ashe County, NC

713 Population
18.3 square miles 39 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±21.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,704 ±$3,925 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $31,486 ±$1,953
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$45,845 ±$12,203 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $50,827 ±$3,707
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3.9% ±5% (28  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ashe County: 14.1% † 3,724 (±2.5% / ±674)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

33.5 minutes ±39.9 (4,460  ±2,997) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ashe County: 24.5 241,175 (±1.6 / ±21,626)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

323 ±111 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 11,999 ±521
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±1.1 (713  ±240) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

323 ±111 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,111 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$141,000 ±$23,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $221,900 ±$17,069
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

17.1% ±19.4% (122  ±144.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 7.6% † 2,016 (±1.7% / ±442.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86% ±41.5% (509  ±165.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ashe County: 87.5% 18,048 (±4.5% / ±947.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
5.7% ±7.3% (34  ±44.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ashe County: 22.4% † 4,622 (±2.3% / ±478.7)
  • about one-fifth of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.4% ±5.3% (55  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 1,447 (±1% / ±231)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
55 Total veterans ±39 39 Male ±30 16 Female ±27

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