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Sylva township, Jackson County, NC

7,018 Population
23 square miles 304.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,454 ±$2,744 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$49,181 ±$5,470 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.4% ±7.2% (1,550  ±534) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 19.3% † 7,575 (±2.5% / ±998)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.2 minutes ±4.6 (63,805  ±16,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent 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

3,034 ±348 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (6,904  ±835) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,406 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.8% ±2.9% (41  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 1.7% † 183 (±0.9% / ±92)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,584 ±371 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$247,100 ±$26,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $253,900 ±$14,754
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.8% ±4.9% (1,102  ±363.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.4% ±18.6% (4,144  ±552.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
29.8% ±3.6% (1,366  ±270.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

5.2% ±2.9% (367  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% 1,989
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.7% ±2.9% (457  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
457 Total veterans ±162 405 Male ±153 52 Female ±43

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