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Nantahala township, Macon County, NC

1,058 Population
72.6 square miles 14.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 50.1 ±0.7
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,845 ±$9,444 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $35,682 ±$2,674
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$50,577 ±$31,193 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Macon County: $53,298 ±$3,676
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3% ±3.5% (32  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Macon County: 14.4% † 5,337 (±2.7% / ±982)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

32.9 minutes ±7.4 (14,965  ±8,052) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Macon County: 22.6 338,970 (±1.6 / ±29,095)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

572 ±193 Number of households
  • Macon County: 18,090 ±659
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.2 (1,058  ±376) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2.1 37,201 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

967 ±234 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 27,070 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$261,000 ±$73,703 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $229,000 ±$9,909
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

25.7% ±16.4% (272  ±198.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 15% † 5,590 (±2.8% / ±1,053.1)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.8% ±45.3% (814  ±241) 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)
28.1% ±14.9% (244  ±159.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 24.6% 6,930 (±2.1% / ±605.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.4% ±2.3% (15  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Macon County: 5.7% 2,138
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

23.3% ±10.2% (229  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 9.8% † 2,994 (±1.2% / ±352)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
229 Total veterans ±130 229 Male ±130 N/A Female ±14

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