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Census Tract 9503, Alleghany, NC

3,381 Population
112.7 square miles 30 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 52.6 ±1.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,299 ±$8,237 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $33,300 † ±$4,848
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,196 ±$19,128 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $47,172 † ±$4,894
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±6.8% (537  ±237) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 16% † 1,770 (±3.6% / ±395)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±6.8 (30,435  ±10,342) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Alleghany County: 26.6 † 102,420 (±4.2 / ±19,143)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,493 ±199 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 5,177 ±285
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (3,375  ±390) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alleghany County: 2.1 10,946 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • 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

9.4% ±10.5% (55  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 7.6% † 155 (±4.5% / ±92)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,447 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,804 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,200 ±$27,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $214,800 ±$19,060
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±4.7% (251  ±158.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 9.6% † 1,066 (±2.7% / ±297.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±6% (2,161  ±292.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 83.2% 7,241 (±5.6% / ±495.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29% ±5.4% (740  ±161.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 23.6% † 2,051 (±3.5% / ±307.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 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

3.8% ±2.3% (129  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alleghany County: 5.1% 571
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±2.5% (167  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alleghany County: 8.1% † 760 (±1.5% / ±144)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
167 Total veterans ±72 167 Male ±72 N/A Female ±14

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