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North Carolina · Census place 06500

Blowing Rock town, NC

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Blowing Rock town has 848 residents, ranking #489 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $120,865, the median home is worth $667,300 and median gross rent runs $877 a month.

Population
848Blowing Rock town residents
Median household income
$120,865Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$667,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$877Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
60.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
74.6%Owner-occupied households

What the numbers mean in Blowing Rock town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Blowing Rock town median would spend about 8.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.8% of residents and 74.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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