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Banner Elk township, Avery County, NC

4,223 Population
27.8 square miles 152.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Avery County: 47.1 ±0.6
  • 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

$46,417 ±$6,939 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Avery County: $35,831 ±$2,964
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,552 ±$5,551 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Avery County: $61,428 † ±$7,429
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±2.4% (158  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Avery County: 10.2% † 1,558 (±2.5% / ±385)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±5 (31,455  ±9,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Avery County: 23.7 138,810 (±2.3 / ±16,610)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,542 ±223 Number of households
  • Avery County: 6,791 ±375
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,376  ±563) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Avery County: 2.2 15,239 (±0.1 / ±109)
  • 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% ±5.6% (73  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avery County: 4.2% † 138 (±2.6% / ±84)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,865 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Avery County: 14,201 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$377,200 ±$54,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Avery County: $265,800 ±$21,887
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.9% ±4.7% (750  ±218) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avery County: 13.3% † 2,340 (±2.4% / ±421.6)
  • about 1.4 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

92.5% ±17.2% (2,484  ±295.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Avery County: 87.8% 11,883 (±5.4% / ±739.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.1% ±2.6% (1,210  ±185.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Avery County: 25% † 3,387 (±2.9% / ±386.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.9% ±2.7% (248  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avery County: 4.2% 741
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.3% (151  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Avery County: 8.4% † 1,271 (±1.7% / ±258)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±51 151 Male ±51 N/A Female ±14

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