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Census Tract 9703, Ashe, NC

2,488 Population
82.7 square miles 30.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±7.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,890 ±$8,884 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ashe County: $33,675 ±$1,956
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,403 ±$12,509 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $56,866 ±$4,577
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±6.6% (532  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ashe County: 13.5% † 3,590 (±2.2% / ±572)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.2 minutes ±6 (31,930  ±11,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ashe County: 25.3 259,050 (±1.8 / ±23,623)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,104 ±200 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 12,201 ±470
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (2,483  ±366) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ashe County: 2.2 26,535 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • 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

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

Housing

1,541 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,218 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,800 ±$44,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $243,100 ±$17,299
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.9% ±1.7% (46  ±41.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ashe County: 6.8% † 1,815 (±1.5% / ±403.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.1% ±7.1% (1,580  ±257) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 88.8% 18,349 (±4.4% / ±922.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±4.6% (335  ±101.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ashe County: 25.9% 5,363 (±2.6% / ±531.5)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

6.2% ±4.2% (154  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ashe County: 2.8% 762
  • 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

11.1% ±3.2% (232  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ashe County: 6.6% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±200)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
232 Total veterans ±76 194 Male ±64 38 Female ±40

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