The population of Watauga county is estimated at 54,099. In 2017 there were 366 births and 349 deaths in Watauga county. Watauga county has 6,888 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,695 that are owned free and clear and 8,820 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Watauga County filed 19,680 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all North Carolina filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Watauga had a combined total federal tax liability of $156,646,000 on earned income of $1,110,049,000. Other notable statistics from Watauga County were 180 unemployment claims which collected a total of $473,000 and 4,610 charitable contributions valued at $31,560,000. 4,850 filings from Watauga County paid a combined total of $11,101,000 in property taxes and 3,980 filings paid $33,199,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Watauga county had 94 religious congregations with an estimated 21,055 members.
41.7% of the Watauga population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Watauga County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 601 votes.
At $48,417 the median income is 91.7% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 1,173 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Watauga, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Watauga County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,471	Retail trade
3,419	Health care and social assistance
3,416	Accommodation and food services
2,722	Food services and drinking places
2,619	Restaurants and other eating places
1,758	Full-service restaurants
748	Limited-service restaurants
723	Professional, scientific, and technical services
701	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
694	Accommodation
682	Traveler accommodation
677	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
667	Manufacturing
606	Food and beverage stores
576	General merchandise stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.42% in Watauga County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 28604, 28605 and 28607).

In 2018 8.98% of listings in Watauga County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 28605, 28604, 28607 and 28692) dropped their price.

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