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Bryson City, NC

1,676 Population
2.2 square miles 767.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,379 ±$4,807 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swain County: $31,040 ±$2,352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$43,387 ±$14,487 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swain County: $55,429 † ±$6,686
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

21.5% ±10.4% (316  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 21.1% † 2,890 (±3.6% / ±491)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19 minutes ±5.8 (13,970  ±6,115) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Swain County: 20.6 110,165 (±1.2 / ±10,675)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

716 ±162 Number of households
  • Swain County: 5,837 ±316
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.3 (1,502  ±387) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Swain County: 2.4 13,734 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6% ±6.8% (20  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 6.8% † 217 (±3.3% / ±105)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

927 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Swain County: 8,529 ±25
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$246,700 ±$43,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $209,800 ±$19,954
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

17.9% ±8.5% (299  ±158.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Swain County: 12.8% † 1,781 (±3% / ±421.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

81.4% ±5.8% (995  ±207.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 87.2% 8,488 (±5.8% / ±586.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
30.4% ±7.6% (372  ±118.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Swain County: 21.3% † 2,072 (±3.1% / ±307.8)
  • about 90 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

0.9% ±1.2% (15  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Swain County: 1.6% 227
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.2% ±2% (43  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Swain County: 5.7% † 627 (±1.2% / ±134)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
43 Total veterans ±28 43 Male ±28 N/A Female ±14

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