Alleghany County, NC

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2023 Population

11,075

0.783% 1-year growth

US Senator

Thom Tillis

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Budd

Republican Party

About

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None of the households in Alleghany County, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Alleghany County, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Alleghany County, NC was N/A per household.

Alleghany County, NC borders Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, and Grayson County, VA.

United States North Carolina

Economy

The economy of Alleghany County, NC employs N/A people. The largest industries in Alleghany County, NC are , and the highest paying industries are Finance & Insurance ($99,066), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($79,205), and Wholesale Trade ($63,864).

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Alleghany County, NC, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Alleghany County, NC.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in North Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Alleghany County, NC, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Alleghany County, NC, though some of these residents may live in Alleghany County, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

3.04%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in North Carolina.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

41
Construction
26
Other Services (except Public Administration)
16
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$27.5k
Manufacturing
$15.9k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$7.81k
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.944% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.805% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (2.16M), Some college (1.84M), and Bachelors Degree (1.63M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Alleghany County, NC have an average commute time of 25.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Alleghany County, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

In 2023, 14% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Alleghany County, NC. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 0.976%.

Housing

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership

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63.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

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This chart shows the percentage of owner in Alleghany County, NC compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Alleghany County, NC colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Median Household Income

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Alleghany County, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Alleghany County, NC is from North Carolina.

0.47

2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

0.47

2021 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2022, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.47 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0732% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in North Carolina across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (76.7%)
Carpooled (12.9%)
Worked At Home (8.5%)

In 2023, 76.7% of workers in Alleghany County, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.9%) and those who worked at home (8.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

25.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Alleghany County, NC have a shorter commute time (25.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 4.69% of the workforce in Alleghany County, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Alleghany County, NC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Alleghany County, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Alleghany County, NC have N/A.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2023, 14% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Alleghany County, NC. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 0.976%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Alleghany County, NC (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Alleghany County, NC is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

N/A% of the population of Alleghany County, NC has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Uninsured

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Alleghany County, NC changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.