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28693

1,071 Population
22.2 square miles 48.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±17.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ashe County: 49.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,659 ±$8,535 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ashe County: $33,675 ±$1,956
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$62,596 ±$18,100 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ashe County: $56,866 ±$4,577
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9% ±5.8% (96  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ashe County: 13.5% † 3,590 (±2.2% / ±572)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

37.7 minutes ±25.3 (17,745  ±13,874) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ashe County: 25.3 259,050 (±1.8 / ±23,623)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

431 ±120 Number of households
  • Ashe County: 12,201 ±470
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.3 (1,071  ±321) 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

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

Housing

631 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Ashe County: 17,218 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$171,800 ±$82,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ashe County: $243,100 ±$17,299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

2.8% ±3.5% (30  ±38.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ashe County: 6.8% † 1,815 (±1.5% / ±403.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

95.9% ±34.3% (723  ±176.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ashe County: 88.8% 18,349 (±4.4% / ±922.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
14.7% ±7.5% (111  ±63.7) 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.8% ±6.2% (68  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ashe County: 6.6% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±200)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
68 Total veterans ±51 68 Male ±51 N/A Female ±14

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