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Census Tract 9304.02, Cherokee, NC

1,747 Population
18.1 square miles 96.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.2 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Murphy: 34.5 † ±5.8
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 53.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,910 ±$5,997 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Murphy: $31,278 † ±$5,305
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $31,569 ±$1,263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$71,083 ±$20,028 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Murphy: $37,263 † ±$13,177
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cherokee County: $53,628 ±$3,764
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

12.1% ±4.2% (198  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Murphy: 17.5% † 262 (±6.4% / ±109)
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 12.4% † 3,622 (±1.7% / ±509)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

17.7 minutes ±2.4 (13,765  ±3,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Murphy: 14.4 † 9,380 (±6.1 / ±2,617)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cherokee County: 25.2 263,105 (±1.3 / ±21,957)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

800 ±109 Number of households
  • Murphy: 792 † ±177
  • Cherokee County: 13,241 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.1 (1,623  ±243) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Murphy: 1.9 † 1,498 (±0.6 / ±305)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 29,172 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.6% ±3.6% (13  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Murphy: 4.1% † 13 (±3.2% / ±11)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.1% † 311 (±2.7% / ±135)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

979 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Murphy: 955 † ±189
  • Cherokee County: 18,404 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$172,700 ±$57,438 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Murphy: $250,000 † ±$66,387
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cherokee County: $232,300 ±$11,614
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.5% ±4.6% (182  ±83.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Murphy: 12.1% † 193 (±4.4% / ±78.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 10.5% † 3,071 (±2.1% / ±623.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.5% ±9.7% (1,145  ±200.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Murphy: 89% † 1,030 (±9.5% / ±221.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 92.2% 21,359 (±4.1% / ±952.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.3% ±7.7% (333  ±113.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Murphy: 26.8% † 310 (±7.4% / ±103.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,601 (±2% / ±473.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±1.5% (33  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Murphy: 1.5% † 24 (±1.3% / ±22)
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 1.9% 565
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

13.7% ±6.7% (205  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Murphy: 10.3% † 131 (±5.8% / ±77)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 10.2% † 2,522 (±1.5% / ±375)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
205 Total veterans ±104 202 Male ±104 3 Female ±5

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