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Blowing Rock, NC

848 Population
3.2 square miles 261.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.9 ±6.4 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 32.2 ±0.7
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$73,833 ±$14,292 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $32,631 ±$1,899
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$120,865 ±$43,047 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $51,367 ±$3,383
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

1.8% ±2.8% (14  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 24.7% 12,005 (±2% / ±961)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

32.2 minutes ±20.5 (11,635  ±9,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 20.7 481,140 (±1 / ±31,195)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

421 ±114 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,187 ±634
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.3 (795  ±244) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.3 48,489 (±0.1 / ±138)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.6% ±8% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2% † 318 (±0.8% / ±123)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,872 ±204 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,028 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$667,300 ±$88,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $321,500 ±$17,801
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.1% ±9% (135  ±84.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 25.6% † 13,923 (±2.6% / ±1,399.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.6% ±34% (646  ±148.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 92.4% 28,838 (±4% / ±1,264.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
59.9% ±21.9% (405  ±99.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 47.7% 14,869 (±2.9% / ±895)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±2.2% (22  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,044
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.7% ±4.5% (28  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 4.5% † 2,151 (±0.7% / ±319)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
28 Total veterans ±35 28 Male ±35 N/A Female ±14

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