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Census Tract 9202, Watauga, NC

4,155 Population
49.2 square miles 84.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cove Creek: 49.3 † ±19.7
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Watauga County: 31.4 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,065 ±$3,482 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cove Creek: $35,103 † ±$7,986
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Watauga County: $34,167 ±$2,046
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$46,739 ±$10,835 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cove Creek: $52,847 † ±$13,888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Watauga County: $51,693 ±$3,285
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.4% ±5.6% (682  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cove Creek: 22.6% † 368 (±11.5% / ±214)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Watauga County: 25.5% 12,395 (±2.1% / ±1,018)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

32.6 minutes ±9.1 (58,100  ±11,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cove Creek: 27.5 † 19,335 (±15 / ±6,220)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Watauga County: 21.2 486,505 (±1 / ±30,313)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,776 ±224 Number of households
  • Cove Creek: 670 † ±182
  • Watauga County: 21,198 ±594
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.4 (4,141  ±508) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cove Creek: 2.4 1,629 (±0.2 / ±465)
  • about the same as the figure in Watauga County: 2.3 48,532 (±0.1 / ±148)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.9% ±2.2% (8  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Cove Creek: 0%
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Watauga County: 1.5% † 244 (±0.6% / ±99)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,293 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Cove Creek: 809 † ±192
  • Watauga County: 33,355 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$258,000 ±$32,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cove Creek: $295,700 † ±$76,520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Watauga County: $358,900 ±$18,269
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7% ±5.3% (289  ±223.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Cove Creek: 3.3% † 53 (±3.9% / ±65.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Watauga County: 24.6% 13,480 (±2.4% / ±1,322.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.6% ±4.9% (2,792  ±383.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cove Creek: 89.7% † 1,168 (±35.6% / ±289.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Watauga County: 92.6% 28,817 (±4.2% / ±1,327.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
26.1% ±4.5% (832  ±176.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cove Creek: 29.2% † 380 (±4.8% / ±133.7)
  • about half the rate in Watauga County: 48.1% 14,956 (±2.9% / ±920.4)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±3.4% (140  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cove Creek: 8.6% † 140 (±8.4% / ±142)
  • a little less than the rate in Watauga County: 3.5% 1,906
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.8% ±2.5% (236  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cove Creek: 4.1% † 56 (±2.1% / ±34)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Watauga County: 4.4% † 2,150 (±0.7% / ±325)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
236 Total veterans ±93 215 Male ±92 21 Female ±23

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