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Nantahala township, Swain County, NC

2,224 Population
78.7 square miles 28.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,272 ±$7,289 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $31,040 ±$2,352
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$80,673 ±$42,858 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Swain County: $55,429 † ±$6,686
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8% ±4.8% (177  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Swain County: 21.1% † 2,890 (±3.6% / ±491)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.4 minutes ±4.5 (25,790  ±8,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Swain County: 20.6 110,165 (±1.2 / ±10,675)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

984 ±188 Number of households
  • Swain County: 5,837 ±316
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (2,224  ±454) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Swain County: 2.4 13,734 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

1,762 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Swain County: 8,529 ±25
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$242,800 ±$66,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $209,800 ±$19,954
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.4% ±3% (142  ±72.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Swain County: 12.8% † 1,781 (±3% / ±421.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.3% ±28.1% (1,635  ±352.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Swain County: 87.2% 8,488 (±5.8% / ±586.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
25.7% ±8.1% (455  ±173.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 21.3% † 2,072 (±3.1% / ±307.8)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.1% ±4.2% (154  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Swain County: 5.7% † 627 (±1.2% / ±134)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
154 Total veterans ±86 146 Male ±84 8 Female ±12

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