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Mills River, NC

7,214 Population
22.4 square miles 322.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 43.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,154 ±$3,520 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $39,959 ±$714
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$88,359 ±$14,008 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $69,236 ±$1,507
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2% ±1.1% (144  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 47,116 (±0.7% / ±2,892)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21 minutes ±1.2 (63,845  ±7,826) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 21.8 3,616,515 (±0.3 / ±80,052)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,818 ±186 Number of households
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 161,494 ±2,065
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.2 (7,196  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 401,228 (±0 / ±108)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.8% ±4.9% (97  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,058 (±0.8% / ±677)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,122 ±217 Number of housing units
  • the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 200,730 ±174
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$358,500 ±$27,244 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: $338,400 ±$5,920
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.2% ±4.1% (584  ±295.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 11.3% 45,929 (±0.6% / ±2,461.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.6% ±6.8% (4,884  ±434.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 91.9% 280,709 (±1.5% / ±4,448.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
41.3% ±5% (2,156  ±284.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 41.2% 125,874 (±1% / ±3,002.6)
  • about 20 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

5.1% ±1.8% (366  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 28,423
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.7% ±2.2% (435  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Asheville, NC Metro Area: 7.2% 24,132 (±0.4% / ±1,283)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
435 Total veterans ±126 406 Male ±123 29 Female ±29

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