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Horse Shoe, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Horse Shoe is a Census CDP of 1,490 people across 7.46 square miles of land, in Henderson County. Median household income is $64,096, 88.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $90,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Horse Shoe
What Horse Shoe is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.46 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land200 plus or minus 44
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenderson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Horse Shoe
- Population1,490 plus or minus 327
- Median age55.2
- Population under 18192 plus or minus 72
- Share under 1812.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Population 65 and over547 plus or minus 178
- Share 65 and over36.7 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Households653 plus or minus 146
- Family households411 plus or minus 98
- Share of households that are families62.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Horse Shoe
- Median household income$64,096
- Per capita income$37,288
- Civilian labor force490 plus or minus 170
- Employed437 plus or minus 150
- Unemployed53 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate10.8 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Adults 25 and over1,241 plus or minus 307
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.1 percent plus or minus 31.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Horse Shoe
- Housing units746 plus or minus 149
- Occupied units653 plus or minus 146
- Vacant units93 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate12.5 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Owner occupied577 plus or minus 132
- Renter occupied76 plus or minus 73
- Ownership rate88.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$407,500
- Single family units652 plus or minus 135
- Share single family87.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes94 plus or minus 65
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Horse Shoe gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute332 plus or minus 131
- Commuting under 15 minutes88 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.5 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more126 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.0 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Drove alone75.5 percent
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home22.4 percent plus or minus 9.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Horse Shoe (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$90,000
- Average approval$90,000
- Median approval$90,000
- Largest approval$90,000
- Jobs supported0
- Jobs per approval0.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Horse Shoe, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Henderson County, not Horse Shoe
Henderson County context, not Horse Shoe figures
- Establishments in Henderson County3,085
- Covered employment, Henderson County44,207
- Average annual pay, Henderson County$54,106
- Housing units permitted, Henderson County1,610
Every figure in this section is published for Henderson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Horse Shoe.
All Henderson County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Horse Shoe questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Horse Shoe, North Carolina?
1,490, in 653 households. Horse Shoe CDP covers 7.46 square miles of land, which is 200 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Horse Shoe in?
Henderson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Horse Shoe?
$64,096. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $407,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Horse Shoe businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $90,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $90,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Horse Shoe, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Horse Shoe borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Horse Shoe. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Horse Shoe figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henderson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Horse Shoe.
Is zoning published for Horse Shoe?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.