Ashe County, North Carolina (NC)

• 
• • 24,75791.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,4915.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3701.4%Two or more races
  • 2621.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1230.5%Asian alone
  • 630.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 180.07%Some other race alone
  • 130.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $301,571

Here:	$301,571
State:	$375,326

Townhouses or other attached units: $260,737

Here:	$260,737
State:	$317,935

In 2-unit structures: $424,304

Here:	$424,304
State:	$250,488

Mobile homes: $175,072

Here:	$175,072
State:	$124,933

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 29
• Burglaries: 55
• Thefts: 73
• Auto thefts: 19

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 25
• Burglaries: 85
• Thefts: 98
• Auto thefts: 17

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,167 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,133 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ashe County is $418 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $665 a month.

Cities in this county include: Jefferson, West Jefferson, Lansing.

Neighboring counties: Clay County, Tennessee , Cocke County, Tennessee , Caswell County , Madison County, Arkansas , Johnson County, Tennessee , Perquimans County .

Current college students: 795
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 867 (53.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1102010 or later
• 3012000 to 2009
• 2091990 to 1999
• 1031980 to 1989
• 161970 to 1979
• 77Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,061
• One, attached: 162
• Two: 354
• 3 or 4: 367
• 5 to 9: 232
• 10 to 19: 173
• 20 to 49: 186
• 50 or more: 68
• Mobile homes: 2,816

Housing units in Ashe County with a mortgage: 4,477 (414 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 431 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185

Religion statistics for Ashe County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ashe County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• North Carolina Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 6, 2020 - February 19, 2020, FEMA Id: 4543, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• North Carolina Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4487, Natural disaster type: Other
• North Carolina Hurricane Florence, Incident Period: September 7, 2018 - September 29, 2018, FEMA Id: 4393, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 27, 2013 to July 28, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4153: October 29, 2013, FEMA Id: 4153, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• North Carolina Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 03, 2013 to July 14, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4146: September 25, 2013, FEMA Id: 4146, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• North Carolina Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: December 18, 2009 to December 25, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1871: February 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 1871, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• North Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3222: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3222, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Ivan, Incident Period: September 16, 2004 to September 23, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1553: September 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1553, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 07, 2004 to September 12, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1546: September 10, 2004, FEMA Id: 1546, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• North Carolina Flooding, Incident Period: January 07, 1998 to February 12, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1200: January 15, 1998, FEMA Id: 1200, Natural disaster type: Flood
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.27% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($81,353 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.69% relocated from other counties in North Carolina ($48,117 average AGI)
2.58% relocated from other states ($33,238 average AGI)

Ashe County:	2.58%
North Carolina average:	4.18%

from Watauga County, NC	1.15% ($55,600 average AGI)
from Wake County, NC	0.41% ($73,610)
from Wilkes County, NC	0.39% ($49,590)
from Mecklenburg County, NC	0.31% ($150,613)
from Forsyth County, NC	0.20% ($131,950)

4.68% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($58,599 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.98% relocated to other counties in North Carolina ($36,461 average AGI)
1.70% relocated to other states ($22,138 average AGI)

Ashe County:	1.70%
North Carolina average:	3.18%

to Watauga County, NC	0.68% ($39,682 average AGI)
to Wilkes County, NC	0.38% ($39,784)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ashe County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,124 (1,365 living alone), Female householders: 6,251 (2,138 living alone)

• 6,675 spouses (6,610 opposite-sex spouses), 546 unmarried partners, (546 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,960 children (5,714 natural, 85 adopted, 161 stepchildren), 453 grandchildren, 164 brothers or sisters, 170 parents, 0 foster children, 397 other relatives, 369 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 437

Size of family households: 5,244 2-persons, 1,415 3-persons, 1,094 4-persons, 523 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,502 1-person, 380 2-persons, 78 3-persons.

3,039 married couples with children.
1,087 single-parent households (227 men, 860 women).

95.0% of residents of Ashe speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (5% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 76% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $169,885,000 ($6,735 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,649,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $70,559,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $29,614,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $861,000
Federal grants: $57,053,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,359,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,439,000 ($6,224,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $404,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,427,000
Federal Government insurance: $22,074,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.62 millions of gallons per day (56% from ground, 44% from surface)

• Year house built in Ashe County, North Carolina
• 02020 or later
• 1,0512010 to 2019
• 2,9022000 to 2009
• 2,8121990 to 1999
• 2,3461980 to 1989
• 2,8471970 to 1979
• 2,0701960 to 1969
• 1,0281950 to 1959
• 5941940 to 1949
• 1,1321939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ashe County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ashe County, North Carolina
• 171 room
• 472 rooms
• 3123 rooms
• 1,1044 rooms
• 2,4755 rooms
• 2,3786 rooms
• 1,4657 rooms
• 8788 rooms
• 1,2489+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ashe County, North Carolina
• 111 room
• 482 rooms
• 5173 rooms
• 7314 rooms
• 4635 rooms
• 2626 rooms
• 2177 rooms
• 1548 rooms
• 669+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ashe County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ashe County, North Carolina
• 17no bedroom
• 1891 bedroom
• 2,2352 bedrooms
• 5,6093 bedrooms
• 1,3964 bedrooms
• 4515+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ashe County, North Carolina
• 11no bedroom
• 3971 bedroom
• 1,0682 bedrooms
• 7153 bedrooms
• 1574 bedrooms
• 1095+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Ashe County, North Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ashe County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 226no vehicle
• 2,2181 vehicle
• 4,3152 vehicles
• 1,9913 vehicles
• 8914 vehicles
• 3105+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ashe County in renter-occupied apartments
• 259no vehicle
• 1,1461 vehicle
• 7922 vehicles
• 2013 vehicles
• 184 vehicles
• 535+ vehicles

94.5% of Ashe County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 18,247
• Other state: 7,929
• Northeast: 2,110
• Midwest: 1,266
• South: 4,153
• West: 390

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 855
• Number of aged recipients: 162
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 693
• Number of recipients under 18: 54
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 461
• Number of recipients older than 64: 340
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 456
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 331