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Qualla township, Jackson County, NC

5,473 Population
59.7 square miles 91.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,136 ±$3,985 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$46,959 ±$5,109 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

26.3% ±9.8% (1,433  ±562) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 19.3% † 7,575 (±2.5% / ±998)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

14.7 minutes ±2.4 (25,770  ±6,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jackson County: 20.6 355,960 (±1.2 / ±28,541)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,375 ±302 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.4 (5,460  ±685) 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

2,926 ±328 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$186,800 ±$52,465 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

9.1% ±4.8% (497  ±267.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

76.2% ±3.8% (3,053  ±463.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.7% ±5.4% (871  ±251.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • about three-fifths of 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

4.5% ±2.5% (245  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% 1,989
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.3% ±3.8% (487  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
487 Total veterans ±178 355 Male ±132 132 Female ±106

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