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Dunns Rock township, Transylvania County, NC

5,399 Population
30.1 square miles 179.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.9 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Transylvania County: 51.9 ±0.6
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,254 ±$5,089 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Transylvania County: $38,899 ±$2,224
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$94,838 ±$11,777 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Transylvania County: $64,523 ±$5,307
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.1% ±3.3% (432  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Transylvania County: 14.2% † 4,576 (±2.3% / ±749)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.8 minutes ±1.3 (42,220  ±10,487) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Transylvania County: 23.5 284,325 (±1.1 / ±22,528)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,461 ±237 Number of households
  • Transylvania County: 14,590 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.3 (5,347  ±514) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Transylvania County: 2.2 32,092 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • 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

3,411 ±312 Number of housing units
  • Transylvania County: 19,147 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$418,000 ±$31,136 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Transylvania County: $336,100 ±$23,958
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.2% ±5.4% (765  ±300.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Transylvania County: 15.3% † 5,041 (±2.3% / ±761.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.7% ±4.1% (4,587  ±466.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Transylvania County: 93.8% 23,958 (±4.6% / ±1,171.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
53.5% ±5.5% (2,535  ±349.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Transylvania County: 38.6% 9,866 (±2.8% / ±706.8)
  • about 1.5 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

2.1% ±1.4% (112  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Transylvania County: 3.5% 1,176
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.5% ±3.1% (613  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Transylvania County: 11.2% † 3,122 (±1.4% / ±387)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
613 Total veterans ±161 592 Male ±154 21 Female ±25

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