Etowah is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Etowah had a population of 7,642. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Bryn Avon was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Geography
Etowah is located in western Henderson County in the valley of the French Broad River. It is bordered to the north by the town of Mills River, to the northeast by unincorporated Horse Shoe, and to the west by Transylvania County.
U.S. Route 64 passes through Etowah, leading east to Hendersonville and southwest to Brevard.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Etowah CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.20%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Etowah racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 6,547
| 85.67%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 130
| 1.7%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 14
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 75
| 0.98%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 5
| 0.07%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 311
| 4.07%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 560
| 7.33%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Etowah had a population of 7,642. The median age was 53.7 years. 17.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 32.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.7 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,284 households in Etowah, of which 20.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. There were 2,408 families residing in the CDP. Of all households, 58.9% were married-couple households, 14.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.