Ashe County vs Currituck County

A side-by-side comparison of Ashe County and Currituck County: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashe County and Currituck County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Currituck County has the higher population (29,612 vs 26,831 in Ashe County). Currituck County has the higher median household income ($91,548 vs $50,827 in Ashe County). Currituck County has the higher median home value ($351,200 vs $221,900 in Ashe County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashe County	Currituck County
Population	26,831	29,612
Median age	49.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,827	$91,548
Median home value	$221,900	$351,200
Median gross rent	$774	$1,126
Housing units	17,111	16,636
Homeownership rate	78.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashe County	Currituck County
Population	26,863 → 26,831 (-0.1%)	26,363 → 29,612 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$40,962 → $50,827 (+24.1%)	$69,964 → $91,548 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $221,900 (+44.8%)	$257,200 → $351,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $774 (+22.1%)	$1,151 → $1,126 (-2.2%)

Ashe County

Population

26,86326,831

Median household income

$40,962$50,827

Median home value

$153,200$221,900

Median gross rent

$634$774

Currituck County

Population

26,36329,612

Median household income

$69,964$91,548

Median home value

$257,200$351,200

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashe County	Currituck County
Under 5	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.2%
75 and over	11.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashe County	Currituck County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	84.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashe County	Currituck County
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashe County	Currituck County
Drove alone	79.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.4%	8.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashe County	Currituck County
1-unit, detached	74.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashe County	Currituck County
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1981	1997