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28643

3,615 Population
70 square miles 51.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±9.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,720 ±$3,176 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $33,675 ±$1,956
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,509 ±$7,329 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $56,866 ±$4,577
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.5% ±7% (631  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ashe County: 13.5% † 3,590 (±2.2% / ±572)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.7 minutes ±2.5 (28,025  ±6,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ashe County: 25.3 259,050 (±1.8 / ±23,623)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,494 ±244 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 12,201 ±470
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.1 (3,615  ±620) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ashe County: 2.2 26,535 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.1% ±5.9% (29  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 6.5% † 327 (±2.3% / ±115)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,087 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,218 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$149,500 ±$13,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ashe County: $243,100 ±$17,299
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.5% ±4.2% (233  ±155.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Ashe County: 6.8% † 1,815 (±1.5% / ±403.4)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

80.7% ±19.1% (2,139  ±338.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashe County: 88.8% 18,349 (±4.4% / ±922.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
15.6% ±3.9% (413  ±125.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ashe County: 25.9% 5,363 (±2.6% / ±531.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

2% ±1.8% (72  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ashe County: 2.8% 762
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.1% ±2.4% (146  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ashe County: 6.6% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±200)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
146 Total veterans ±73 132 Male ±70 14 Female ±24

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