West Jefferson, North Carolina - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,485
Male Share of the Population	45.5%
Female Share of the Population	54.5%
Senior Citizens	24.3%
Employed Population 16+	579
Age of the Population	46

Families

% of people married	39.7%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	21.5%
Median Earnings25+	$26,029
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$32,083
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$27,188

Wealth

Median Family Income	$50,500
% Above Poverty Level	76.8%
% Below Poverty Level	23.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	21 minutes
% Working from Home	3.6%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.7%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	44.6%
Median Gross Rent	$584
Median House Value	$163,000

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	25.6%
Irish	6.9%
English	5.7%
German	5.5%
Scottish	4.1%
French Except Basque	3.2%
Dutch	2.2%
Greek	0.9%
Italian	0.6%
Finnish	0.3%
Polish	0.2%
Hungarian	0.2%
Danishn	0.1%
Russian	0.1%
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West Jefferson Almanac

Category	Value
County	Ashe County
Standard Zip Codes	28694
Phone Area Codes	336
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	36.39
Approximate Longitude	-81.49

West Jefferson Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	JEFFERSON 2 E
Distance	3.4 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 43 F
Apr Temp	36 to 62 F
Jul Temp	58 to 81 F
Oct Temp	37 to 65 F
Annual Precip	48.6 inches

Station	TRANSOU
Distance	10.8 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 41 F
Apr Temp	35 to 61 F
Jul Temp	56 to 80 F
Oct Temp	36 to 63 F
Annual Precip	56.7 inches

Station	BOONE 1 SE
Distance	15.6 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 39 F
Apr Temp	38 to 59 F
Jul Temp	59 to 76 F
Oct Temp	38 to 62 F
Annual Precip	51.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Blowing Rock	1,202	$84,659
Boone	18,795	$55,924
Jefferson	1,420	$37,000
Lansing	182	$30,625
Sparta	1,851	$40,188

West Jefferson Public Libraries

Appalachian Regional Library
148 LIBRARY DR
West Jefferson, North Carolina
(336) 846-2041

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West Jefferson Public Schools

Ashe County High
184 Campus Drive
ZIP: 28694
(336) 846-2400
High
Total Enrollment 953

Westwood Elementary
4083 Us Hwy 221s
ZIP: 28694
(336) 877-2921
Primary
Total Enrollment 592

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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