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Waynesville township, Haywood County, NC

20,813 Population
65.1 square miles 319.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Haywood County: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,265 ±$2,334 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Haywood County: $35,580 ±$1,255
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$54,910 ±$5,828 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Haywood County: $61,001 ±$3,705
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.6% ±3.5% (2,583  ±720) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Haywood County: 11.3% † 6,960 (±1.7% / ±1,035)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.7 minutes ±2.8 (169,235  ±26,138) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Haywood County: 23.1 582,035 (±1 / ±34,749)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

9,429 ±508 Number of households
  • Haywood County: 26,772 ±550
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (20,466  ±943) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Haywood County: 2.3 61,852 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

0.8% ±1.3% (30  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Haywood County: 2.7% † 331 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

12,011 ±593 Number of housing units
  • Haywood County: 35,307 ±97
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$265,500 ±$15,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Haywood County: $254,900 ±$7,888
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.6% ±3.8% (3,041  ±806.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Haywood County: 11.5% † 7,113 (±1.8% / ±1,083.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.1% ±3.8% (14,591  ±931.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 91.6% 43,291 (±3.2% / ±1,504.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
34.7% ±2.9% (5,620  ±536.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Haywood County: 29.4% 13,895 (±1.8% / ±845.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.2% (677  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Haywood County: 2.3% 1,404
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.9% ±1.3% (1,720  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 9.7% † 4,951 (±1.1% / ±556)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,720 Total veterans ±246 1,490 Male ±223 230 Female ±99

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