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Helton township, Ashe County, NC

539 Population
18.3 square miles 29.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±16.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,998 ±$4,813 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $33,675 ±$1,956
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,357 ±$21,855 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ashe County: $56,866 ±$4,577
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.5% ±8% (51  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ashe County: 13.5% † 3,590 (±2.2% / ±572)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.4 minutes ±34.5 (3,560  ±2,443) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ashe County: 25.3 259,050 (±1.8 / ±23,623)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

296 ±99 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 12,201 ±470
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.3 (539  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 2.2 26,535 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

315 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,218 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,800 ±$57,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $243,100 ±$17,299
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±22.1% (104  ±125.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 6.8% † 1,815 (±1.5% / ±403.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±44% (393  ±134.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ashe County: 88.8% 18,349 (±4.4% / ±922.6)
  • 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)
2.7% ±9.4% (12  ±41.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 25.9% 5,363 (±2.6% / ±531.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.8% ±6% (34  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ashe County: 6.6% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±200)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
34 Total veterans ±32 20 Male ±23 14 Female ±24

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