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Cowee township, Macon County, NC

3,378 Population
45.7 square miles 74 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±15.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 50.1 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,123 ±$4,962 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $35,682 ±$2,674
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,667 ±$23,793 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $53,298 ±$3,676
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

7.6% ±3.6% (256  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Macon County: 14.4% † 5,337 (±2.7% / ±982)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.4 minutes ±4.5 (31,225  ±10,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 22.6 338,970 (±1.6 / ±29,095)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,506 ±252 Number of households
  • Macon County: 18,090 ±659
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (3,378  ±645) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 2.1 37,201 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • 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

2,117 ±288 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 27,070 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$202,500 ±$52,581 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $229,000 ±$9,909
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.8% ±3.7% (195  ±129.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 15% † 5,590 (±2.8% / ±1,053.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.8% ±24.2% (2,196  ±390.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 90% 25,403 (±4.4% / ±1,245.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.1% ±6.1% (404  ±164.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macon County: 24.6% 6,930 (±2.1% / ±605.3)
  • 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

4.2% ±2.8% (142  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Macon County: 5.7% 2,138
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.6% ±5.1% (302  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 9.8% † 2,994 (±1.2% / ±352)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
302 Total veterans ±144 274 Male ±137 28 Female ±28

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