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Census Tract 9204, Watauga, NC

8,426 Population
17.3 square miles 486 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Boone: 21.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Watauga County: 31.4 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,977 ±$6,030 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Boone: $17,773 † ±$2,460
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Watauga County: $34,167 ±$2,046
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$32,173 ±$4,984 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Boone: $30,065 † ±$5,963
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Watauga County: $51,693 ±$3,285
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

41.3% ±7.2% (3,452  ±718) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Boone: 51.2% † 7,043 (±5.6% / ±770)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Watauga County: 25.5% 12,395 (±2.1% / ±1,018)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

16.4 minutes ±1.9 (73,275  ±14,194) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Boone: 15.8 † 118,880 (±2.2 / ±20,478)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Watauga County: 21.2 486,505 (±1 / ±30,313)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,670 ±447 Number of households
  • Boone: 5,975 ±431
  • Watauga County: 21,198 ±594
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.4 (8,340  ±956) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Boone: 2.3 13,723 (±0.2 / ±154)
  • about the same as the figure in Watauga County: 2.3 48,532 (±0.1 / ±148)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

4,420 ±472 Number of housing units
  • Boone: 6,985 ±436
  • Watauga County: 33,355 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$391,400 ±$101,298 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Boone: $411,100 † ±$53,060
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Watauga County: $358,900 ±$18,269
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

24.1% ±6.2% (2,028  ±570.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Boone: 48.7% † 9,718 (±5.6% / ±1,122.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Watauga County: 24.6% 13,480 (±2.4% / ±1,322.3)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

91.7% ±20.6% (4,056  ±641.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Boone: 94.3% 5,226 (±7% / ±703)
  • about the same as the rate in Watauga County: 92.6% 28,817 (±4.2% / ±1,327.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
53.9% ±5.6% (2,382  ±453.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Boone: 56.8% † 3,149 (±7% / ±522.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 48.1% 14,956 (±2.9% / ±920.4)
  • about 1.5 times 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

4.2% ±2.4% (353  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Boone: 4.5% † 902 (±1.8% / ±363)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 3.5% 1,906
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.1% ±1% (154  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Boone: 1.2% † 230 (±0.6% / ±113)
  • about half the rate in Watauga County: 4.4% † 2,150 (±0.7% / ±325)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
154 Total veterans ±77 139 Male ±79 15 Female ±30

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