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Brevard, NC

7,795 Population
5.4 square miles 1,451.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 51.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,137 ±$4,563 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: $38,899 ±$2,224
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,356 ±$12,227 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: $64,523 ±$5,307
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

17.2% ±4.9% (1,198  ±340) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 14.2% † 4,576 (±2.3% / ±749)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.7 minutes ±5.3 (53,315  ±16,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 23.5 284,325 (±1.1 / ±22,528)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,668 ±245 Number of households
  • the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 14,590 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.1 (6,942  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 2.2 32,092 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • 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

4,159 ±250 Number of housing units
  • the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 19,147 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$411,000 ±$41,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: $336,100 ±$23,958
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

18.6% ±4.4% (1,449  ±339.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 15.3% † 5,041 (±2.3% / ±761.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.2% ±9.1% (5,435  ±574.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 93.8% 23,958 (±4.6% / ±1,171.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
37.5% ±5.8% (2,165  ±344.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 38.6% 9,866 (±2.8% / ±706.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.3% ±1.9% (181  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 3.5% 1,176
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.9% ±3.3% (722  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 11.2% † 3,122 (±1.4% / ±387)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
722 Total veterans ±222 579 Male ±200 143 Female ±92

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