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Little River township, Transylvania County, NC

2,653 Population
38 square miles 69.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.8 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Transylvania County: 51.9 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,858 ±$5,676 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Transylvania County: $38,899 ±$2,224
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,397 ±$9,541 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Transylvania County: $64,523 ±$5,307
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.7% ±5.1% (230  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Transylvania County: 14.2% † 4,576 (±2.3% / ±749)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.1 minutes ±1.9 (26,695  ±8,594) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Transylvania County: 23.5 284,325 (±1.1 / ±22,528)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,142 ±265 Number of households
  • Transylvania County: 14,590 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (2,651  ±676) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Transylvania County: 2.2 32,092 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • 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

1,391 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Transylvania County: 19,147 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$311,200 ±$80,514 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Transylvania County: $336,100 ±$23,958
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.2% ±3.3% (163  ±95.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Transylvania County: 15.3% † 5,041 (±2.3% / ±761.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95% ±29.7% (2,026  ±384.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Transylvania County: 93.8% 23,958 (±4.6% / ±1,171.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
37.8% ±9.3% (806  ±282.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Transylvania County: 38.6% 9,866 (±2.8% / ±706.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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% ±2% (52  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Transylvania County: 3.5% 1,176
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.5% ±6.8% (215  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Transylvania County: 11.2% † 3,122 (±1.4% / ±387)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
215 Total veterans ±164 205 Male ±162 10 Female ±16

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