Foxfire vs Vass

A side-by-side comparison of Foxfire and Vass: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foxfire has the higher population (1,730 vs 1,092 in Vass). Foxfire has the higher median household income ($75,163 vs $56,042 in Vass). Foxfire has the higher median home value ($352,300 vs $221,700 in Vass).

Population, income & housing

	Foxfire	Vass
Population	1,730	1,092
Median age	38.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,163	$56,042
Median home value	$352,300	$221,700
Median gross rent	$1,082	$799
Housing units	711	499
Homeownership rate	80.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foxfire	Vass
Population	1,434 → 1,730 (+20.6%)	841 → 1,092 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$63,810 → $75,163 (+17.8%)	$32,917 → $56,042 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $352,300 (+43.6%)	$121,000 → $221,700 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,082 (+29.6%)	$673 → $799 (+18.7%)

Foxfire

Population

1,4341,730

Median household income

$63,810$75,163

Median home value

$245,400$352,300

Median gross rent

$835$1,082

Vass

Population

8411,092

Median household income

$32,917$56,042

Median home value

$121,000$221,700

Median gross rent

$673$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foxfire	Vass
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	21.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.0%
75 and over	9.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foxfire	Vass
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	62.1%
Black or African American	9.0%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foxfire	Vass
No high school diploma	3.0%	12.8%
High school graduate	14.8%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foxfire	Vass
Drove alone	86.7%	84.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foxfire	Vass
1-unit, detached	83.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Foxfire	Vass
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1997	1988