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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Elk Park, NC Banner Elk, NC, Beech Mountain, NC, Blowing Rock, NC (Town Center), Boone, NC (Shulls Mill/Poplar Grove), Boone, NC (Town Center), Crossnore, NC, Elk Park, NC, Newland, NC (Sugar Mountain/Grandfather), Vilas, NC (North Fork/Forest Grove), Vilas, NC (Town Center)
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $191,596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | high cost relative to NC, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Rural (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Small apartment buildings, some Mobile homes, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), some Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Artsy/funky, Quiet |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some College students (people currently attending college), some Seniors (people 65 and over) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 7 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Lower middle income (somewhat below average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Sales & Service workers, some Executive, managerial & professional, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some Black, some Hispanic |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
AVERY COUNTY SCHOOLS School District
2,383 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
8 |
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| Better than: of NC school districts |
72.2% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
6 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
52.6% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| STATE AVERAGE 15 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| AVERY COUNTY HIGH 401 HIGH SCHOOL ROAD, NEWLAND, NC 28657 (828) 733-0151 |
09-12 |
| AVERY MIDDLE 102 MONTEZUMA ROAD, NEWLAND, NC 28657 (828) 733-0145 |
06-08 |
| BANNER ELK ELEMENTARY 185 AZALEA CIRCLE, BANNER ELK, NC 28604 (828) 898-5575 |
PK-05 |
| BEECH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY 60 FLAT SPRINGS ROAD, ELK PARK, NC 28622 (828) 898-4343 |
KG-08 |
| CRANBERRY MIDDLE 6230 NORTH HIGHWAY 19E, ELK PARK, NC 28622 (828) 733-2932 |
06-08 |
| CROSSNORE ELEMENTARY 1000 WALT CLARK ROAD, CROSSNORE, NC 28616 (828) 737-7204 |
PK-05 |
| FREEDOM TRAIL ELEMENTARY 6110 NORTH US HWY 19E, ELK PARK, NC 28622 (828) 733-4744 |
PK-05 |
| NEWLAND ELEMENTARY 750 LINVILLE STREET, NEWLAND, NC 28657 (828) 733-4911 |
PK-05 |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY 8020 US 19E HWY SOUTH, NEWLAND, NC 28657 (828) 765-9414 |
PK-05 |
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 93.8 | 56.6 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.9 | 31.5 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 4.7 | 8.4 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 51.2 | 42.6 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $5,374 | $12,806,000 | 56.4 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $528 | $1,259,000 | 5.5 |
| STAFF | $291 | $693,000 | 3.0 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $397 | $945,000 | 4.2 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $700 | $1,667,000 | 7.3 |
| OPERATION | $748 | $1,782,000 | 7.8 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $370 | $881,000 | 3.9 |
| OTHER | $289 | $688,000 | 3.0 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $3,321 | $7,915,000 | 34.9 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $825 | $1,965,000 | 8.7 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $9,520 | $22,686,000 | 100.0 |
Elk Park EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Elk Park WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 24.0 |
| CHILDREN IN Elk Park LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 16.5 |
Elk Park Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO NC* |
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| Since 1990 |  187.09%
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About Elk Park
Elk Park is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,548 people and just one neighborhood, Elk Park is the 263rd largest community in North Carolina.
When you are in Elk Park, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.6% of Elk Park's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Elk Park is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elk Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (9.52%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (7.28%), and sales jobs (7.10%).
Elk Park is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Elk Park isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.91% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Elk Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Elk Park Information and Demographics
The citizens of Elk Park have a very low rate of college education: just 9.02% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.
The per capita income in Elk Park in 2000 was $12,176, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $48,704 for a family of four.
The people who call Elk Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elk Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Elk Park include Irish, English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Elk Park is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
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