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Census Tract 9301, Avery, NC

3,684 Population
35.9 square miles 102.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±6.3 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in Banner Elk: 20.7 ±0.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Avery County: 47.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,132 ±$5,839 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Banner Elk: $36,427 † ±$11,788
  • about the same as the amount in Avery County: $35,831 ±$2,964
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$66,328 ±$21,962 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Banner Elk: $86,382 † ±$37,063
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Avery County: $61,428 † ±$7,429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7.7% ±3.3% (227  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Banner Elk: 13% † 96 (±10.3% / ±80)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Avery County: 10.2% † 1,558 (±2.5% / ±385)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.8 minutes ±4.7 (27,095  ±8,338) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Banner Elk: 11.6 † 3,850 (±7.7 / ±1,306)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Avery County: 23.7 138,810 (±2.3 / ±16,610)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,302 ±171 Number of households
  • Banner Elk: 405 † ±121
  • Avery County: 6,791 ±375
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (2,914  ±390) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Banner Elk: 1.7 † 706 (±0.7 / ±195)
  • about the same as 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

2.2% ±2.9% (25  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Banner Elk: 3.9% † 20 (±6.1% / ±32)
  • about half the rate in Avery County: 4.2% † 138 (±2.6% / ±84)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,117 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Banner Elk: 867 † ±218
  • Avery County: 14,201 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$316,000 ±$62,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Banner Elk: $458,100 ±$21,259
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Avery County: $265,800 ±$21,887
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

16.8% ±5.4% (619  ±208.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Banner Elk: 36% † 530 (±12.5% / ±197.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Avery County: 13.3% † 2,340 (±2.4% / ±421.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87% ±5.2% (1,966  ±270.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Banner Elk: 98.5% † 580 (±33.7% / ±128.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Avery County: 87.8% 11,883 (±5.4% / ±739.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
31.6% ±6.1% (714  ±164.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Banner Elk: 52.5% † 309 (±10.8% / ±102.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Avery County: 25% † 3,387 (±2.9% / ±386.2)
  • about 90 percent 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

6.1% ±3.2% (226  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Banner Elk: 8.8% † 130 (±4.7% / ±72)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 4.2% 741
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.4% ±1.7% (177  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Banner Elk: 3.5% † 48 (±2.3% / ±32)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Avery County: 8.4% † 1,271 (±1.7% / ±258)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
177 Total veterans ±58 169 Male ±57 8 Female ±13

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