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Census Tract 9302, Avery, NC

3,220 Population
79.6 square miles 40.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sugar Mountain: 66.8 ±5.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Avery County: 47.1 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$43,856 ±$7,225 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Sugar Mountain: $90,458 † ±$19,777
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Avery County: $35,831 ±$2,964
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$61,927 ±$11,344 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sugar Mountain: $96,094 † ±$16,863
  • about the same as the amount in Avery County: $61,428 † ±$7,429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7.2% ±2.7% (226  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sugar Mountain: 6.3% † 34 (±4.1% / ±24)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Avery County: 10.2% † 1,558 (±2.5% / ±385)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.1 minutes ±4.2 (24,905  ±7,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Sugar Mountain: 17.6 † 2,130 (±13.3 / ±984)
  • a little higher than the figure in Avery County: 23.7 138,810 (±2.3 / ±16,610)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,572 ±265 Number of households
  • Sugar Mountain: 313 † ±91
  • Avery County: 6,791 ±375
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.4 (3,120  ±457) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sugar Mountain: 1.7 † 539 (±0.7 / ±154)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Avery County: 2.2 15,239 (±0.1 / ±109)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

12.6% ±11.9% (69  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Sugar Mountain: 3.5% † 2 (±8.3% / ±5)
  • more than double the rate in Avery County: 4.2% † 138 (±2.6% / ±84)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

5,461 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Sugar Mountain: 1,710 † ±200
  • Avery County: 14,201 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$311,100 ±$51,904 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sugar Mountain: $343,800 † ±$48,409
  • 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% ±7.9% (530  ±261.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sugar Mountain: 14.1% † 76 (±3.4% / ±28.3)
  • 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

94.5% ±6.6% (2,449  ±382) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sugar Mountain: 98.5% † 472 (±32.5% / ±85.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Avery County: 87.8% 11,883 (±5.4% / ±739.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
36.9% ±5.7% (956  ±198.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sugar Mountain: 65.3% † 313 (±23.7% / ±73.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 25% † 3,387 (±2.9% / ±386.2)
  • a little higher than 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

2.7% ±2.5% (87  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sugar Mountain: 6.9% † 37 (±5.4% / ±31)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Avery County: 4.2% 741
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

14.1% ±5% (390  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sugar Mountain: 8.4% † 41 (±3.6% / ±21)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 8.4% † 1,271 (±1.7% / ±258)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
390 Total veterans ±149 390 Male ±149 N/A Female ±14

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