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Brevard, NC

7,897 Population
5.4 square miles 1,470.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 51.6 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,722 ±$3,677 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: $40,147 ±$2,078
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,103 ±$11,879 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: $66,184 ±$5,016
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.1% ±4.3% (1,067  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 13.2% † 4,317 (±2.2% / ±721)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.5 minutes ±2.4 (38,325  ±7,996) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 21.9 253,380 (±0.9 / ±17,815)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,752 ±186 Number of households
  • the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 14,584 ±428
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (7,036  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 2.2 32,588 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.6% ±0.9% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 5.7% † 344 (±2.9% / ±176)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,329 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 19,266 ±51
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$450,000 ±$40,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: $373,600 ±$19,166
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±3.5% (1,075  ±275.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 13.5% † 4,485 (±2.1% / ±691.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±8.6% (5,641  ±536.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 93.9% 24,339 (±4.4% / ±1,150.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.5% ±5.6% (2,589  ±339) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 40% 10,357 (±2.7% / ±706.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2.6% ±1.8% (202  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 4.3% 1,435
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2.5% (488  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brevard, NC Micro Area: 9.8% † 2,785 (±1.1% / ±317)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
488 Total veterans ±166 338 Male ±119 150 Female ±97

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