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Canada township, Jackson County, NC

670 Population
64.1 square miles 10.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.1 ±13.8 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,294 ±$12,650 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$71,360 ±$33,285 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

7.5% ±16% (50  ±109) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 19.3% † 7,575 (±2.5% / ±998)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.5 minutes ±24.1 (7,770  ±4,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jackson County: 20.6 355,960 (±1.2 / ±28,541)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

295 ±118 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±1.3 (670  ±257) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,406 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

514 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$194,700 ±$88,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $253,900 ±$14,754
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.1% ±9.8% (41  ±67.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.2% ±46% (504  ±178.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
15.9% ±9.2% (89  ±61.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

14.1% ±15.4% (88  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
88 Total veterans ±102 88 Male ±102 N/A Female ±14

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