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Census Tract 9303.02, Avery, NC

2,895 Population
43.6 square miles 66.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Elk Park: 44.9 † ±8.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Avery County: 47.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,287 ±$8,774 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Elk Park: $21,515 † ±$6,455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Avery County: $35,831 ±$2,964
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,418 ±$6,957 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elk Park: $41,583 † ±$6,682
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Avery County: $61,428 † ±$7,429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

20.2% ±9.4% (579  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Elk Park: 33.4% † 187 (±25.9% / ±162)
  • about double the rate in Avery County: 10.2% † 1,558 (±2.5% / ±385)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.5 minutes ±10.3 (24,770  ±6,923) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Elk Park: 25.2 † 2,845 (±20.8 / ±1,290)
  • about 10 percent 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

1,115 ±160 Number of households
  • Elk Park: 265 † ±98
  • Avery County: 6,791 ±375
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (2,859  ±449) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Elk Park: 2.1 † 560 (±0.2 / ±215)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Avery County: 2.2 15,239 (±0.1 / ±109)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

2.6% ±3.6% (17  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elk Park: 2.1% † 3 (±2.5% / ±4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Avery County: 4.2% † 138 (±2.6% / ±84)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,405 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Elk Park: 299 † ±105
  • Avery County: 14,201 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$204,600 ±$55,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Elk Park: $160,400 † ±$18,750
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Avery County: $265,800 ±$21,887
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.4% ±2.3% (128  ±68.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Elk Park: 13.1% † 73 (±6.4% / ±45.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Avery County: 13.3% † 2,340 (±2.4% / ±421.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.3% ±6.7% (1,818  ±291.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk Park: 83.7% † 343 (±40.2% / ±111.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Avery County: 87.8% 11,883 (±5.4% / ±739.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.1% ±5.6% (395  ±134.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Elk Park: 14.4% † 59 (±7% / ±35.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Avery County: 25% † 3,387 (±2.9% / ±386.2)
  • about half 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

0.7% ±0.9% (21  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • Elk Park: 0%
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Avery County: 4.2% 741
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.1% ±2.6% (136  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk Park: 7.8% † 33 (±3.9% / ±20)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Avery County: 8.4% † 1,271 (±1.7% / ±258)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
136 Total veterans ±61 136 Male ±61 N/A Female ±14

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