Ashe moves up to tier 2 in NC Commerce Distress Ranking
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Olejoe
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Posted 9:40 pm, 12/31/2018
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Apparently I was wrong about the Building Reuse Grants only gong to tier 1 counties. Ashe will still be eligible as a tier 2.
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jack rip her
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Posted 7:04 pm, 12/31/2018
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Them tree boys must have started claiming more income from the previous cash stash.
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Lurker2
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Posted 6:36 pm, 12/31/2018
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Average household size in Ashe is 2.2 people.
Average family size is 2.55.
That roughs out to $8.85 per hour per person per household. People who travel outside the county to work are the ones making more money, in general.
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jrscott295
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Posted 6:09 am, 12/31/2018
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That medium income figure sounds high for this county. That's like 19 dollars an hour for someone working 40 hours a week, 9.55 an hour if two people in the home working 40 hours a week and getting that. I suppose the top 1% of the county is heavily skewering the numbers......
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aFicIoNadoS
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Posted 10:30 pm, 12/30/2018
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Dare covers a big area. It covers a big area on the mainland that is swamp and farm country. You could probably cut it in half, and the west section would be tier 3 and the east tier 1.
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jack rip her
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Posted 3:27 pm, 12/30/2018
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About as flawed as the census for Ashe county. No way Surry, Rockingham, Caswell, and Cleveland are still tier 1 if Ashe and Alleghany are tier 2. I would also question Dare being a tier 2 and not a tier 3.
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Olejoe
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Posted 2:43 pm, 12/30/2018
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We have moved from tier 1 (most distressed) to a tier 2. Tier 3 are the least distressed counties. Since we are no longer a tier 1 county we will not be receiving the Building Reuse Grants we got this past year.
Out of 100 counties Ashe ranks 60 with 1 meaning the most distressed; Edgecombe is ranked number 1. Chatham County is ranked highest at 100.
Here in Ashe,12 month unemployment (Nov 17-Oct 18) was 3.73%......rank 78. Median household income for 2016, $39709......rank 32.
Wilkes and Alleghany are also tier 2 counties while Watauga is ranked tier 3 with an overall rank of 88.
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