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Mountain township, Jackson County, NC

237 Population
18.2 square miles 13 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

67.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,388 ±$7,926 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,799 ±$42,478 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

N/A

Families

159 ±82 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.5 ±1 (237  ±103) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

457 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$287,500 ±$236,631 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

30% ±29.2% (71  ±75.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.3% ±14.5% (233  ±106.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.9% ±18.3% (85  ±56.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about the same as 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% ±4.1% (5  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • 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

36.3% ±16.5% (86  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±54 69 Male ±39 17 Female ±24

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