Ashe County, North Carolina (NC)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,514
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 8,436
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,603 (it was 1,975 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 19% |
State: | 33% |
Land area: 426 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population density: 64 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (21.3%), Retail trade (13.3%), Manufacturing (13.0%), Construction (12.8%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 77%
- Government: 14%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
- Unpaid family work: 1%
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- 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
Median resident age: | 49.7 years |
North Carolina median age: | 39.2 years |
Males: 13,507 | (49.4%) |
Females: 13,836 | (50.6%) |
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Ashe County: | 2.0 people |
North Carolina: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $50,138 ($28,824 in 1999)
This county: | $50,138 |
North Carolina: | $67,481 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $570 (lower quartile is $430, upper quartile is $757)
This county: | $570 |
State: | $945 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $237,955 (it was $86,800 in 2000)
Ashe: | $237,955 |
North Carolina: | $280,600 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,135Detached 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
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $359
Institutionalized population: 203
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
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 167 buildings, average cost: $372,000
- 2021: 131 buildings, average cost: $311,800
- 2020: 118 buildings, average cost: $286,400
- 2019: 103 buildings, average cost: $271,200
- 2018: 94 buildings, average cost: $218,100
- 2017: 95 buildings, average cost: $240,800
- 2016: 84 buildings, average cost: $201,000
- 2015: 77 buildings, average cost: $211,600
- 2014: 75 buildings, average cost: $213,000
- 2013: 88 buildings, average cost: $224,900
- 2012: 86 buildings, average cost: $214,300
- 2011: 70 buildings, average cost: $201,400
- 2010: 90 buildings, average cost: $184,500
- 2009: 104 buildings, average cost: $197,700
- 2008: 203 buildings, average cost: $236,200
- 2007: 351 buildings, average cost: $221,500
- 2006: 351 buildings, average cost: $197,700
- 2005: 340 buildings, average cost: $174,500
- 2004: 291 buildings, average cost: $159,100
- 2003: 282 buildings, average cost: $135,600
- 2002: 291 buildings, average cost: $146,700
- 2001: 252 buildings, average cost: $124,200
- 2000: 239 buildings, average cost: $122,000
- 1999: 270 buildings, average cost: $102,500
- 1998: 245 buildings, average cost: $103,500
- 1997: 222 buildings, average cost: $89,400
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%)
Ashe County: | 13.5% |
North Carolina: | 12.8% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 49.7 years old
(Males: 48.5 years old, Females: 51.4 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 51.7 years old, Black residents: 32.4 years old, American Indian residents: 52.9 years old, Asian residents: 45.9 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 27.0 years old, Other race residents: 26.3 years old)
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 .
Here: | 2.6% |
North Carolina: | 3.2% |
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)
Ashe County: | 3.2% |
Whole state: | 8.6% |
- 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
Here: | 2.1% with mortgage |
State: | 97.0% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Ashe County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 9,744 | 65 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,724 | 24 |
Catholic | 592 | 1 |
Other | 7 | - |
None | 14,213 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Ashe County: | 1.57 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.39 / 10,000 pop. |
North Carolina: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.78 / 10,000 pop. |
North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Ashe County: | 5.89 / 10,000 pop. |
North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.46 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Ashe County: | 8.8% |
North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Ashe County: | 28.4% |
State: | 28.3% |
Here: | 15.6% |
State: | 15.6% |
Agriculture in Ashe County:
Average size of farms: 94 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $25,331
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $1097.60
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 12.33%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 20.11%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $24,798
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 19.68%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.27%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $36,210
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.71%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 14.52
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.09%
Vegetables: 98 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 40 acres
Earthquake activity:
Ashe County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above North Carolina state average. It is 1% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 22.5 miles away from Ashe County center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 221.3 miles away from the county center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 182.6 miles away from the county center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 57.3 miles away from the county center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 58.6 miles away from Ashe County center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 144.6 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
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.
The number of natural disasters in Ashe County (16) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 11
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 6, Hurricanes: 4, Landslides: 2, Mudslides: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Snowfall: 1, Tornado: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,818 (74.6%)
- Carpooled: 907 (8.7%)
- Ferryboat: 8 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 66 (0.6%)
- Walked: 242 (2.3%)
- Worked at home: 1,331 (12.7%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Retail trade (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Manufacturing (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (27%)
- Retail trade (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Other services, except public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Manufacturing (6%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (18%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Production occupations (11%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Material moving occupations (4%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Sales and related occupations (13%)
- Healthcare support occupations (10%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (8%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Mexico (47%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- Canada (6%)
- Guatemala (4%)
- France (4%)
- Colombia (4%)
- Chile (4%)
- American (45%)
- English (10%)
- German (6%)
- Irish (5%)
- European (3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3%)
- Italian (2%)
People in group quarters in Ashe County, North Carolina in 2010:
- 162 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 111 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 41 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 39 people in group homes intended for adults
- 16 people in other noninstitutional facilities
People in group quarters in Ashe County, North Carolina in 2000:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 11 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in unknown juvenile institutions
7.27% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($81,353 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.27% |
North Carolina average: | 8.85% |
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%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
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)
Here: | 4.68% |
North Carolina average: | 7.89% |
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%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
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
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.5%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 5,749 (4,726 aged, 1,023 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 630 (12%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Ashe County, North Carolina in 1999 - 2019:
- Unspecified dementia (458)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (438)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (427)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (404)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (259)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (197)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (118)
- Congestive heart failure (48)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (25)
- Chronic ischaemic heart disease, unspecified (22)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 6,676
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 456
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 48,961
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,069
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,207
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 12
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 87
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 4
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 247.1. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 206.9
- Other - 40.2
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,343- 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:
Births: 1,335Here: | 53 per 1000 residents |
State: | 72 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,520
Here: | 60 per 1000 residents |
State: | 44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +166
Here: | +7 per 1000 residents |
State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,005
Here: | +40 per 1000 residents |
State: | +27 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.62 millions of gallons per day (56% from ground, 44% from surface)
Here: | 5.9 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.4 |
State: | 4.4 |
- 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 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 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 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.
Ashe County: | 94.5% |
State average: | 87.3% |
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
- 42.3%Electricity
- 26.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 15.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 11.5%Wood
- 4.0%Utility gas
- 0.2%Other fuel
- 0.1%No fuel used
- 64.8%Electricity
- 14.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 9.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 7.8%Wood
- 3.4%Utility gas
- 0.2%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 13.0% |
North Carolina: | 13.8% |
Here: | 14.1% |
North Carolina: | 11.9% |
Here: | 23.6% |
North Carolina: | 19.3% |
Ashe County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $2,669,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $2,675,000
Other: $842,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $681,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $376,000
Air Transportation: $101,000
Parks and Recreation: $58,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $44,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $6,000
- Construction - Air Transportation: $2,728,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $188,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,832,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,082,000
Police Protection: $3,598,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,875,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,742,000
Health - Other: $1,661,000
Financial Administration: $1,335,000
General - Other: $1,286,000
General Public Buildings: $1,219,000
Parks and Recreation: $779,000
Central Staff Services: $448,000
Libraries: $429,000
Housing and Community Development: $387,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $289,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $285,000
Air Transportation: $180,000
Local Fire Protection: $161,000
Natural Resources - Other: $125,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $521,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $548,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $272,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $347,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $6,008,000
General Local Government Support: $150,000
Other: $6,000
Public Welfare: $1,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,006,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $9,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,187,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $440,000
Sale of Property: $167,000
Rents: $150,000
Fines and Forfeits: $102,000
Donations From Private Sources: $76,000
Interest Earnings: $37,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,525,000
Solid Waste Management: $492,000
Police Protection: $193,000
Public Welfare - Other: $78,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,000
General Public Building: $21,000
General - Other: $21,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $292,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $26,031,000
Public Welfare: $5,987,000
Other: $3,397,000
General Local Government Support: $85,000
Housing and Community Development: $48,000
- Tax - Property: $17,487,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,487,000
Other Selective Sales: $254,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $162,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $154,000
Other License: $83,000
Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,317,000
Ashe County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $2,669,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $2,675,000
Other: $842,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $681,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $376,000
Air Transportation: $101,000
Parks and Recreation: $58,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $44,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $6,000
- Construction - Air Transportation: $2,728,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $188,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,832,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,082,000
Police Protection: $3,598,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,875,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,742,000
Health - Other: $1,661,000
Financial Administration: $1,335,000
General - Other: $1,286,000
General Public Buildings: $1,219,000
Parks and Recreation: $779,000
Central Staff Services: $448,000
Libraries: $429,000
Housing and Community Development: $387,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $289,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $285,000
Air Transportation: $180,000
Local Fire Protection: $161,000
Natural Resources - Other: $125,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $521,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $548,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $272,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $347,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $6,008,000
General Local Government Support: $150,000
Other: $6,000
Public Welfare: $1,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,006,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $9,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,187,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $440,000
Sale of Property: $167,000
Rents: $150,000
Fines and Forfeits: $102,000
Donations From Private Sources: $76,000
Interest Earnings: $37,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,525,000
Solid Waste Management: $492,000
Police Protection: $193,000
Public Welfare - Other: $78,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,000
General Public Building: $21,000
General - Other: $21,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $292,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $26,031,000
Public Welfare: $5,987,000
Other: $3,397,000
General Local Government Support: $85,000
Housing and Community Development: $48,000
- Tax - Property: $17,487,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,487,000
Other Selective Sales: $254,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $162,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $154,000
Other License: $83,000
Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,317,000
Ashe County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $2,669,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $2,675,000
Other: $842,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $681,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $376,000
Air Transportation: $101,000
Parks and Recreation: $58,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $44,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $6,000
- Construction - Air Transportation: $2,728,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $188,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,832,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,082,000
Police Protection: $3,598,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,875,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,742,000
Health - Other: $1,661,000
Financial Administration: $1,335,000
General - Other: $1,286,000
General Public Buildings: $1,219,000
Parks and Recreation: $779,000
Central Staff Services: $448,000
Libraries: $429,000
Housing and Community Development: $387,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $289,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $285,000
Air Transportation: $180,000
Local Fire Protection: $161,000
Natural Resources - Other: $125,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $521,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $548,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $272,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $347,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $6,008,000
General Local Government Support: $150,000
Other: $6,000
Public Welfare: $1,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,006,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $9,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,187,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $440,000
Sale of Property: $167,000
Rents: $150,000
Fines and Forfeits: $102,000
Donations From Private Sources: $76,000
Interest Earnings: $37,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,525,000
Solid Waste Management: $492,000
Police Protection: $193,000
Public Welfare - Other: $78,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,000
General Public Building: $21,000
General - Other: $21,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $292,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $26,031,000
Public Welfare: $5,987,000
Other: $3,397,000
General Local Government Support: $85,000
Housing and Community Development: $48,000
- Tax - Property: $17,487,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,487,000
Other Selective Sales: $254,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $162,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $154,000
Other License: $83,000
Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,317,000
Ashe County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Assistance and Subsidies - Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs - Other: $2,669,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $2,675,000
Other: $842,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $681,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $376,000
Air Transportation: $101,000
Parks and Recreation: $58,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Tuition and Transportation: $44,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $6,000
- Construction - Air Transportation: $2,728,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $188,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $31,832,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,082,000
Police Protection: $3,598,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,875,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,742,000
Health - Other: $1,661,000
Financial Administration: $1,335,000
General - Other: $1,286,000
General Public Buildings: $1,219,000
Parks and Recreation: $779,000
Central Staff Services: $448,000
Libraries: $429,000
Housing and Community Development: $387,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $289,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $285,000
Air Transportation: $180,000
Local Fire Protection: $161,000
Natural Resources - Other: $125,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $521,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $548,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $272,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Public Welfare: $347,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Education: $6,008,000
General Local Government Support: $150,000
Other: $6,000
Public Welfare: $1,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,006,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $9,819,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,187,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $440,000
Sale of Property: $167,000
Rents: $150,000
Fines and Forfeits: $102,000
Donations From Private Sources: $76,000
Interest Earnings: $37,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,525,000
Solid Waste Management: $492,000
Police Protection: $193,000
Public Welfare - Other: $78,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $28,000
General Public Building: $21,000
General - Other: $21,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $292,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $26,031,000
Public Welfare: $5,987,000
Other: $3,397,000
General Local Government Support: $85,000
Housing and Community Development: $48,000
- Tax - Property: $17,487,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $6,487,000
Other Selective Sales: $254,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $162,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $154,000
Other License: $83,000
Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $19,317,000
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
Most common first names in Ashe County, NC among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 127 | 73.8 years |
William | 97 | 76.6 years |
Mary | 80 | 78.9 years |
John | 73 | 77.5 years |
Robert | 68 | 73.3 years |
Walter | 51 | 75.8 years |
Ruth | 48 | 78.7 years |
Thomas | 44 | 71.1 years |
Charles | 44 | 73.1 years |
Joseph | 39 | 76.9 years |
Most common last names in Ashe County, NC among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Miller | 166 | 75.2 years |
Bare | 96 | 79.2 years |
Blevins | 70 | 76.7 years |
Taylor | 53 | 72.9 years |
Jones | 52 | 76.7 years |
Severt | 51 | 74.8 years |
Lewis | 48 | 76.8 years |
Parsons | 45 | 76.1 years |
Sheets | 45 | 75.2 years |
Barker | 44 | 74.4 years |
Businesses in Ashe County, NC | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AutoZone | 1 | Lane Furniture | 1 | |
Best Western | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
CVS | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 2 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | McDonald's | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Decora Cabinetry | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
Dunkin Donuts | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
FedEx | 2 | Subway | 2 | |
Ford | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
Goodwill | 3 | True Value | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
Hardee's | 1 | UPS | 5 | |
Hilton | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
KFC | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
Kincaid | 1 |