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Cove Creek, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Cove Creek is a Census CDP of 1,629 people across 8.54 square miles of land, in Watauga County. Median household income is $52,847, 81.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Cove Creek
What Cove Creek is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area8.54 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land191 plus or minus 54
- County holding the largest share of its areaWatauga 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 Cove Creek
- Population1,629 plus or minus 465
- Median age49.3 plus or minus 19.7
- Population under 18262 plus or minus 131
- Share under 1816.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Population 65 and over489 plus or minus 220
- Share 65 and over30.0 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Households670 plus or minus 182
- Family households487 plus or minus 147
- Share of households that are families72.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Cove Creek
- Median household income$52,847 plus or minus $13,888
- Per capita income$35,103 plus or minus $7,986
- Civilian labor force997 plus or minus 345
- Employed987 plus or minus 345
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over1,302 plus or minus 404
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.7 percent plus or minus 38.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.8 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Cove Creek
- Housing units809 plus or minus 192
- Occupied units670 plus or minus 182
- Vacant units139 plus or minus 84
- Vacancy rate17.2 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied549 plus or minus 171
- Renter occupied121 plus or minus 79
- Ownership rate81.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$295,700 plus or minus $76,520
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,601 plus or minus $652
- Annual rent as a share of median income36.4 percent plus or minus 17.6
- Single family units673 plus or minus 165
- Share single family83.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes136 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Cove Creek gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute703 plus or minus 248
- Commuting under 15 minutes75 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.7 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more228 plus or minus 116
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.4 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone70.5 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home18.7 percent plus or minus 11.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Watauga County, not Cove Creek
Watauga County context, not Cove Creek figures
- Establishments in Watauga County1,740
- Covered employment, Watauga County25,106
- Average annual pay, Watauga County$48,024
- Housing units permitted, Watauga County296
Every figure in this section is published for Watauga County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cove Creek.
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.
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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
Cove Creek questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cove Creek, North Carolina?
1,629, in 670 households. Cove Creek CDP covers 8.54 square miles of land, which is 191 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cove Creek in?
Watauga 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 Cove Creek?
$52,847. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $295,700. Median gross rent is $1,601 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Cove Creek figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Watauga 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 Cove Creek.
Is zoning published for Cove Creek?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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