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Piney Creek township, Ashe County, NC

1,103 Population
16.1 square miles 68.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61 ±7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,220 ±$4,007 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ashe County: $31,486 ±$1,953
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,856 ±$12,961 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $50,827 ±$3,707
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

6.2% ±3.9% (68  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ashe County: 14.1% † 3,724 (±2.5% / ±674)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.4 minutes ±10.4 (10,460  ±5,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ashe County: 24.5 241,175 (±1.6 / ±21,626)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

525 ±139 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 11,999 ±521
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.8 (1,103  ±288) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ashe County: 2.2 26,409 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

819 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,111 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$120,800 ±$15,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Ashe County: $221,900 ±$17,069
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

1.5% ±2.8% (16  ±30.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ashe County: 7.6% † 2,016 (±1.7% / ±442.2)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

76.7% ±5.3% (688  ±183.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 87.5% 18,048 (±4.5% / ±947.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
8% ±5.7% (72  ±54.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Ashe County: 22.4% † 4,622 (±2.3% / ±478.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.5% ±0.6% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ashe County: 3% 802
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.9% ±4.9% (74  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 1,447 (±1% / ±231)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
74 Total veterans ±50 74 Male ±50 N/A Female ±14

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