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Waynesville township, Haywood County, NC

21,260 Population
65.1 square miles 326.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Haywood County: 47.8 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,710 ±$2,839 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Haywood County: $36,367 ±$1,499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,732 ±$5,371 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Haywood County: $61,912 ±$2,423
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±3.5% (2,579  ±747) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Haywood County: 13.1% † 8,116 (±1.9% / ±1,170)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±2.4 (176,275  ±25,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Haywood County: 23.8 598,920 (±1.2 / ±38,259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,476 ±574 Number of households
  • Haywood County: 27,123 ±647
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (20,879  ±1,092) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Haywood County: 2.3 62,017 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.1% (59  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Haywood County: 2.4% † 292 (±1% / ±117)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,177 ±508 Number of housing units
  • Haywood County: 35,560 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$297,800 ±$18,615 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Haywood County: $279,200 ±$9,537
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±3.7% (3,133  ±791.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Haywood County: 10.4% † 6,485 (±1.7% / ±1,057.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±2.6% (14,645  ±886.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 91.3% 43,408 (±3.2% / ±1,507)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.5% ±2.7% (5,802  ±540.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Haywood County: 29.5% 14,047 (±1.8% / ±865.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.6% ±1.4% (760  ±308) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Haywood County: 2.8% 1,728
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±1.2% (1,707  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 9.7% † 4,981 (±1% / ±529)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,707 Total veterans ±235 1,502 Male ±238 205 Female ±95

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