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Hiawassee township, Clay County, NC

1,620 Population
12.4 square miles 130.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±18.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 54.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,772 ±$7,254 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Clay County: $35,326 ±$3,436
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$61,984 ±$26,131 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $53,645 † ±$9,995
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

6.7% ±4.6% (108  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Clay County: 13.5% † 1,516 (±3.9% / ±435)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.2 minutes ±6.6 (18,125  ±7,844) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 23.6 † 90,050 (±2.4 / ±12,713)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

657 ±183 Number of households
  • Clay County: 5,041 ±275
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.1 (1,620  ±455) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.2 11,299 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

1,298 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 7,410 ±17
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$394,500 ±$132,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Clay County: $263,300 † ±$34,878
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.4% ±9.3% (233  ±164.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 9.3% † 1,051 (±3.7% / ±420.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.3% ±33.6% (1,189  ±272.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 89.9% 7,953 (±7.3% / ±682.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
47.3% ±8.3% (603  ±197.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 31.4% † 2,778 (±4.4% / ±400.7)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.1% ±4.2% (67  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 3.8% 433
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

13.8% ±6% (184  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 9% † 858 (±1.9% / ±182)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
184 Total veterans ±95 178 Male ±95 6 Female ±11

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