Blowing Rock vs Foscoe

A side-by-side comparison of Blowing Rock and Foscoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foscoe has the higher population (1,257 vs 848 in Blowing Rock). Blowing Rock has the higher median household income ($120,865 vs $44,367 in Foscoe). Blowing Rock has the higher median home value ($667,300 vs $302,500 in Foscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
Population	848	1,257
Median age	60.9 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$120,865	$44,367
Median home value	$667,300	$302,500
Median gross rent	$877	$683
Housing units	1,872	1,528
Homeownership rate	74.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
Population	1,163 → 848 (-27.1%)	1,579 → 1,257 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$80,231 → $120,865 (+50.6%)	$50,204 → $44,367 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$455,600 → $667,300 (+46.5%)	$234,000 → $302,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $877 (-9.7%)	$791 → $683 (-13.7%)

Blowing Rock

Population

1,163848

Median household income

$80,231$120,865

Median home value

$455,600$667,300

Median gross rent

$971$877

Foscoe

Population

1,5791,257

Median household income

$50,204$44,367

Median home value

$234,000$302,500

Median gross rent

$791$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
Under 5	4.7%	0.9%
5 to 17	5.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	19.1%
65 to 74	25.7%	14.7%
75 and over	13.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
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	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
No high school diploma	4.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	9.2%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
Drove alone	78.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	0.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
1-unit, detached	56.6%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	36.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Blowing Rock	Foscoe
Poverty rate	1.8%	11.5%
Average household size	1.89	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1984	2001