North Carolina · 55,123 residents
Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Watauga County. Severity-weighted and rate-normalized, built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.
Watauga County, North Carolina is a mid-sized county market, with an estimated 55,123 residents across 21,198 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.
The county housing profile includes both owner and renter context, with owner-occupied homes at 62.1% and renter-occupied homes at 37.9%.
The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 26.8% poverty rate, a 7.9% unemployment rate, 48.1% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.
Commute context is included as well, with 4.6% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.
CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Watauga County without relying on one broad county-level view.
County profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.
Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate higher modeled risk. Click any block group to see its score and grade. A free account unlocks component breakdowns and API access for production use.
Scores in Watauga County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.