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Census Tract 9502, Alleghany, NC

3,699 Population
30 square miles 123.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sparta: 51 † ±6.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Alleghany County: 52.6 ±1.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,094 ±$3,527 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sparta: $24,694 † ±$4,306
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $33,300 † ±$4,848
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,700 ±$6,249 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sparta: $42,454 † ±$9,194
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $47,172 † ±$4,894
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

13.7% ±4% (493  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sparta: 21.5% † 394 (±6.4% / ±136)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 16% † 1,770 (±3.6% / ±395)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

17.9 minutes ±0.7 (19,935  ±4,451) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sparta: 15 † 7,835 (±6.9 / ±2,125)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alleghany County: 26.6 † 102,420 (±4.2 / ±19,143)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,850 ±234 Number of households
  • Sparta: 957 † ±178
  • Alleghany County: 5,177 ±285
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.9 ±0.3 (3,558  ±408) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sparta: 1.9 † 1,787 (±0.5 / ±324)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alleghany County: 2.1 10,946 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.8% ±5.8% (30  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sparta: 8.1% † 30 (±9.7% / ±37)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alleghany County: 7.6% † 155 (±4.5% / ±92)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,157 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Sparta: 1,066 † ±178
  • Alleghany County: 7,804 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$216,200 ±$39,063 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Sparta: $209,600 † ±$53,269
  • about the same as the amount in Alleghany County: $214,800 ±$19,060
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13.8% ±4.7% (508  ±180.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sparta: 16.7% † 319 (±5.6% / ±118.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alleghany County: 9.6% † 1,066 (±2.7% / ±297.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

81.9% ±4.1% (2,445  ±291) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sparta: 80.9% 1,190 (±5% / ±203.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 83.2% 7,241 (±5.6% / ±495.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
20.8% ±5.9% (621  ±188.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sparta: 21.3% † 313 (±9% / ±141.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 23.6% † 2,051 (±3.5% / ±307.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±2.6% (195  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sparta: 8.1% † 157 (±4.7% / ±94)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 5.1% 571
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.2% ±2.4% (262  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sparta: 7.6% † 123 (±3.3% / ±57)
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 8.1% † 760 (±1.5% / ±144)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
262 Total veterans ±82 212 Male ±70 50 Female ±39

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