Blowing Rock, North Carolina Neighborhood Profile

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Over 1,418 people live in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 659 males, seven hundred and fifty-nine females. The median age for Blowing Rock, North Carolina is fifty point seven years old. The number of households is 663. The number of affordable housing units in Blowing Rock, North Carolina is 861 compared to ten million, four hundred and twenty-four thousand, five hundred and forty nationwide. The number of Blowing Rock, North Carolina owner-occupied units is 663 compared to 105,480,101 in the U.S. The median value of Blowing Rock, North Carolina housing units currently stands at $252,000. In terms of Blowing Rock, North Carolina income characteristics, the median household income for Blowing Rock, North Carolina is fifty-four thousand, two hundred and seventy-one dollars dollars.

QuickFacts

 Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
Total population1,418 281,421,906
StateNorth Carolina 
CityBlowing Rock 

Blowing Rock, North Carolina Population

 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
Male65946.47%49.06%
Female75953.53%50.94%
Median age (years)50.7  35.3
18 years and over1,20584.98%74.31%
21 years and over1,18183.29%69.97%
62 years and over41529.27%14.66%
65 years and over36926.02%12.43%

 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
White1,38997.95%75.14%
Black or African American50.35%12.32%
Asian50.35%3.64%
Some other race40.28%5.46%
Two or more races151.06%2.43%

Blowing Rock, North Carolina Housing

 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
Total housing units 1,519 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 86156.68%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 66343.65%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 48131.67%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 18211.98%30.77%
 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000129 19.46%19.95%
1995 to 1998217 32.73%28.9%
1990 to 1994113 17.04%16.07%
1980 to 198997 14.63%15.58%
1970 to 197938 5.73%9.86%
1969 or earlier64 9.65%9.65%
 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
Total households663  105,480,101
Family households (families)388 58.52%68.06%
Nonfamily households275 41.48%31.94%
 Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
VALUE
Less than $50,00025,457,817
$50,000 to $99,9993816,778,971
$100,000 to $149,9995613,110,384
$150,000 to $199,999558,075,904
$200,000 to $299,999926,583,049
$300,000 to $499,999823,584,108
$500,000 to $999,999391,308,116
$1,000,000 or more24313,759
Median (dollars)252,000119,600

Blowing Rock, North Carolina Education

 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 310 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool113.55% 6.47%
Kindergarten165.16% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)12941.61% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)7925.48% 21.38%
College or graduate school7524.19% 22.81%

Blowing Rock, North Carolina Economy

 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
Population 16 years and over1,223  217,168,077
In labor force639 52.25%63.92%
- Civilian labor force639 52.25%63.39%
- - Employed620 50.7%59.73%
- - Unemployed19 1.55%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force3.0  5.8
- Armed Forces0  0.53%
Not in labor force584 47.75%36.08%
Females 16 years and over647 52.9%51.66%
In labor force260 21.26%29.72%
- Civilian labor force260 21.26%29.65%
- - Employed253 20.69%27.92%
Own children under 6 years40 3.27%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force19  12,787,501
With earnings455 37.2%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)71,595  56,604
With Social Security income254 20.77%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)13,751  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income14 1.14%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)4,721  6,320
With public assistance income5 0.41%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)3,560  3,032
With retirement income156 12.76%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)19,938  17,376
 Blowing Rock, North Carolina %, Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households631  105,539,122
Less than $10,00057 9.03%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,99926 4.12%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,99926 4.12%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,99972 11.41%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999105 16.64%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999117 18.54%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,99984 13.31%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,99968 10.78%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,99942 6.66%2.2%
$200,000 or more34 5.39%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)54,271  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.