Blowing Rock, NC
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | even |
| 2012 | R+10.1 |
| 2016 | R+7.2 |
| 2020 | R+4.3 |
| 2024 | R+4.0 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 992 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+4.0 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $120,938 |
| County | Watauga County |
| State | NC |
Place narrative
Blowing Rock's sub-1,000 permanent population swells with second-home owners each season, creating an electorate whose registered-voter-to-resident ratio routinely exceeds those of far larger North Carolina municipalities.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −4.0% | 494 | 536 | 15 | 1,045 |
| 2020 | R | −4.3% | 490 | 534 | 12 | 1,036 |
| 2016 | R | −7.2% | 385 | 449 | 53 | 887 |
| 2012 | R | −10.1% | 370 | 456 | 24 | 850 |
| 2008 | D | Tied | 422 | 419 | 17 | 858 |
| 2004† | R | −11.5% | 319 | 402 | 1 | 722 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 93.5% |
| Black | 2.1% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $120,938 |
| Poverty rate | 2.4% |
| Median age | 59.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.8% |
| Age 65 and older | 37.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 64.2% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Watauga County county page and the NC state page.