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Population (year 2000): 1,418. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,424 (+0.4% change)
Males: 659 (46.5%), Females: 759 (53.5%)
Watauga County
Zip code:
28605
Median resident age: 50.7 years
Median household income: $54,271 (year 2000)
Median house value: $252,000 (year 2000)
Races in Blowing Rock:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (22.1%), German (17.9%),
Irish (9.6%), Scotch-Irish (9.4%), United States (7.8%),
Scottish (5.8%).
Elevation: 3579 feet
Land area: 3.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Blowing Rock
- High school or higher: 88.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 47.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.1%
- Unemployed: 3.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Blowing Rock town
- Never married: 19.4%
- Now married: 62.1%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 7.6%
- Divorced: 9.5%
1.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +152 (+12.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Blowing Rock:
- BLOWING ROCK HOSPITAL (CHESTNUT DR BOX 148)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Blowing Rock:
- WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; BOONE, NC)
- CANNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; LINVILLE,
NC)
- CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; LENOIR,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Blowing Rock:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 34 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 56 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 77 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blowing Rock:
- MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 23 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID:
MRN)
- JOHNSON COUNTY (about 23 miles; MOUNTAIN CITY, TN;
ID: 6A4)
- AVERY COUNTY/MORRISON FIELD/ (about 26 miles; SPRUCE
PINE, NC; ID: 7A8)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Blowing Rock:
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; BOONE,
NC; Full-time enrollment: 12,245)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles;
JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
56 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 65 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 68
miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
Public primary/middle school in Blowing Rock:
- BLOWING ROCK ELEMENTARY (Students: 430;
Location: 165 MORRIS STREET; Grades: KG - 08)
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