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Dillsboro township, Jackson County, NC

1,631 Population
7.4 square miles 221.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,915 ±$3,641 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,750 ±$30,585 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.9% ±6.5% (218  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 19.3% † 7,575 (±2.5% / ±998)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.6 minutes ±6.2 (17,115  ±9,644) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 20.6 355,960 (±1.2 / ±28,541)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

679 ±194 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.5 (1,605  ±576) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,406 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

850 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$209,400 ±$29,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $253,900 ±$14,754
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.4% ±5.4% (104  ±94.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

99.6% ±40.8% (1,167  ±296.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
26.6% ±7.4% (312  ±132.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.2% ±0.2% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% 1,989
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.6% ±8.8% (150  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
150 Total veterans ±125 150 Male ±125 N/A Female ±14

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