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Census Tract 9704, Ashe, NC

4,739 Population
32.3 square miles 146.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Jefferson: 43.4 † ±7.2
  • 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

Economics

$36,388 ±$5,408 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Jefferson: $27,923 † ±$5,524
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ashe County: $33,675 ±$1,956
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$60,334 ±$2,791 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Jefferson: $46,827 † ±$20,727
  • a little higher than the amount in Ashe County: $56,866 ±$4,577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

10% ±3.6% (473  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in West Jefferson: 20.8% † 283 (±9.3% / ±150)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ashe County: 13.5% † 3,590 (±2.2% / ±572)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

19.3 minutes ±4.7 (41,360  ±7,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Jefferson: 15.5 † 7,565 (±10 / ±3,354)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ashe County: 25.3 259,050 (±1.8 / ±23,623)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,244 ±240 Number of households
  • West Jefferson: 553 † ±121
  • Ashe County: 12,201 ±470
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.1 (4,681  ±521) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Jefferson: 2.4 † 1,328 (±0.5 / ±385)
  • a little less 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

2.4% ±2.6% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Jefferson: 8.6% † 26 (±8.6% / ±29)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 327 (±2.3% / ±115)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,710 ±277 Number of housing units
  • West Jefferson: 747 † ±159
  • Ashe County: 17,218 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$259,100 ±$33,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Jefferson: $232,400 ±$20,829
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ashe County: $243,100 ±$17,299
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.5% ±4% (402  ±194.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Jefferson: 17.6% † 249 (±10.4% / ±162.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ashe County: 6.8% † 1,815 (±1.5% / ±403.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.9% ±7% (3,341  ±423.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Jefferson: 84.9% † 940 (±29.3% / ±207.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ashe County: 88.8% 18,349 (±4.4% / ±922.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.1% ±4.6% (856  ±185.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Jefferson: 22.2% † 246 (±5.2% / ±87.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 25.9% 5,363 (±2.6% / ±531.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.4% ±2.7% (159  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in West Jefferson: 7.3% † 105 (±7% / ±105)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ashe County: 2.8% 762
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.2% ±1.8% (207  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in West Jefferson: 5.2% † 60 (±2% / ±28)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 6.6% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±200)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
207 Total veterans ±76 200 Male ±74 7 Female ±11

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