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Horse Shoe, NC

1,699 Population
7.5 square miles 227.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 43.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,113 ±$5,933 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $39,959 ±$714
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,703 ±$8,032 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $69,236 ±$1,507
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9.1% ±7.2% (154  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 47,116 (±0.7% / ±2,892)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.8 minutes ±0.9 (12,150  ±4,240) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 21.8 3,616,515 (±0.3 / ±80,052)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

752 ±144 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,494 ±2,065
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (1,699  ±350) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 401,228 (±0 / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

814 ±142 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 200,730 ±174
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$396,400 ±$38,345 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $338,400 ±$5,920
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.1% ±5.8% (172  ±104.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.3% 45,929 (±0.6% / ±2,461.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98.1% ±26.2% (1,332  ±233.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 91.9% 280,709 (±1.5% / ±4,448.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
48.5% ±5.5% (659  ±151.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 41.2% 125,874 (±1% / ±3,002.6)
  • about 1.4 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

4.2% ±3.5% (72  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,423
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.1% ±6.7% (174  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 7.2% 24,132 (±0.4% / ±1,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
174 Total veterans ±103 174 Male ±103 N/A Female ±14

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