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Hughes township, Avery County, NC

311 Population
4.4 square miles 71.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

73 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Avery County: 47.1 ±0.6
  • nearly double the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,072 ±$8,309 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Avery County: $35,831 ±$2,964
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,886 ±$26,726 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Avery County: $61,428 † ±$7,429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±17.9% (39  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Avery County: 10.2% † 1,558 (±2.5% / ±385)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

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Families

145 ±89 Number of households
  • Avery County: 6,791 ±375
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (311  ±201) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

211 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Avery County: 14,201 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90% ±78.3% (280  ±162.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Avery County: 87.8% 11,883 (±5.4% / ±739.5)
  • 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)
6.8% ±17.5% (21  ±56) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Avery County: 25% † 3,387 (±2.9% / ±386.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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