Askewville vs Powellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Askewville and Powellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Askewville and Powellsville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Askewville has the higher population (152 vs 141 in Powellsville). Askewville has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $43,125 in Powellsville). Askewville has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $120,800 in Powellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Askewville	Powellsville
Population	152	141
Median age	50.9 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$43,125
Median home value	$150,000	$120,800
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	92	118
Homeownership rate	74.3%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Askewville	Powellsville
Population	202 → 152 (-24.8%)	175 → 141 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $57,500 (+31.4%)	$33,750 → $43,125 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $150,000 (+72.0%)	$86,000 → $120,800 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $692 (+15.3%)	$625 → $678 (+8.5%)

Askewville

Population

202152

Median household income

$43,750$57,500

Median home value

$87,200$150,000

Median gross rent

$600$692

Powellsville

Population

175141

Median household income

$33,750$43,125

Median home value

$86,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$625$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Askewville	Powellsville
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	7.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	2.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	19.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	4.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	55.3%
75 and over	19.1%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Askewville	Powellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	44.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Askewville	Powellsville
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	46.4%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Askewville	Powellsville
Drove alone	84.6%	64.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	35.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Askewville	Powellsville
1-unit, detached	92.4%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Askewville	Powellsville
Poverty rate	17.8%	2.1%
Average household size	2.17	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1974	1975