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Blowing Rock, NC Urban Area

1,002 Population
3.2 square miles 313.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$71,506 ±$12,729 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$114,500 ±$35,774 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.3% ±3.7% (22  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±15.3 (10,975  ±8,052) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

494 ±129 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.7 (943  ±244) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±8.4% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,934 ±226 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$705,000 ±$84,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±9% (131  ±94.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±30.9% (806  ±165) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
63.4% ±3.9% (523  ±130.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±2.2% (20  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.6% ±2.9% (24  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±27 24 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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