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Andrews, NC

1,998 Population
1.6 square miles 1,215 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 53.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,420 ±$3,938 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cherokee County: $31,569 ±$1,263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,061 ±$8,433 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $53,628 ±$3,764
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±9.6% (419  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 12.4% † 3,622 (±1.7% / ±509)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±5.7 (15,095  ±6,004) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cherokee County: 25.2 263,105 (±1.3 / ±21,957)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

953 ±147 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,241 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,958  ±329) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 29,172 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±3.2% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.1% † 311 (±2.7% / ±135)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,084 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,404 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,600 ±$16,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cherokee County: $232,300 ±$11,614
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±5.2% (162  ±106.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 10.5% † 3,071 (±2.1% / ±623.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±9.7% (1,235  ±235.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 92.2% 21,359 (±4.1% / ±952.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±4.4% (184  ±70.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,601 (±2% / ±473.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third of 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

7.4% ±4.8% (148  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 1.9% 565
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.8% ±8.1% (164  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 10.2% † 2,522 (±1.5% / ±375)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
164 Total veterans ±125 154 Male ±124 10 Female ±11

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