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Cullowhee, NC

7,300 Population
3.8 square miles 1,917.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about half the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$12,587 ±$1,633 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$35,076 ±$17,932 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

51.3% ±5.9% (1,985  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 19.3% † 7,575 (±2.5% / ±998)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.5 minutes ±3.4 (59,895  ±14,618) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 20.6 355,960 (±1.2 / ±28,541)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,963 ±351 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.1 (3,869  ±729) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,406 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

2,267 ±377 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

45.7% ±6.3% (3,336  ±570.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.2% ±43.9% (1,248  ±396.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
29.4% ±9.1% (394  ±183.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • 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

6.1% ±4.9% (443  ±362) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% 1,989
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.4% ±2.2% (240  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
240 Total veterans ±158 223 Male ±152 17 Female ±29

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