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Hayesville township, Clay County, NC

4,541 Population
30.5 square miles 148.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 55 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,922 ±$9,339 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $40,205 † ±$4,233
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,772 ±$16,600 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $56,971 † ±$8,915
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±3.8% (496  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 12.9% † 1,452 (±3.5% / ±390)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±7.8 (39,120  ±15,719) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 23.2 † 94,090 (±3.4 / ±17,469)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,875 ±298 Number of households
  • Clay County: 5,081 ±321
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (4,428  ±689) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.3 11,492 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±3.1% (12  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Clay County: 7.6% † 135 (±6.3% / ±113)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,604 ±271 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 7,497 ±18
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$275,600 ±$48,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Clay County: $278,400 † ±$32,756
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±5.6% (535  ±266.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 10.9% † 1,248 (±3.5% / ±400.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±5.4% (2,959  ±404.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 92.5% 8,348 (±7.1% / ±670.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±6.4% (854  ±233) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 31.8% † 2,869 (±4.1% / ±376.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.1% ±1.8% (93  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 3.4% 394
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.1% (275  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 6.6% † 644 (±1.5% / ±146)
  • 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)
275 Total veterans ±87 272 Male ±86 3 Female ±5

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