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Census Tract 9402, Jackson, NC

5,548 Population
57.2 square miles 97.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee: 33.3 † ±4.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,684 ±$4,297 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee: $29,514 † ±$4,777
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$51,146 ±$7,723 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee: $55,972 † ±$23,565
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.9% ±6% (938  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee: 21.3% † 426 (±8.4% / ±194)
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

16 minutes ±3.1 (29,410  ±7,670) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cherokee: 11.1 † 10,135 (±3 / ±4,455)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,342 ±260 Number of households
  • Cherokee: 937 † ±224
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.4 (5,543  ±575) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee: 2.2 † 2,031 (±0.7 / ±472)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.3% ±6.4% (63  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cherokee: 19.8% † 109 (±14.6% / ±90)
  • about double the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,791 ±270 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee: 1,093 † ±224
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$288,700 ±$102,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cherokee: $189,900 † ±$80,745
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.1% ±3.5% (281  ±195.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Cherokee: 11.1% † 224 (±8% / ±170.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

81.2% ±5.2% (3,336  ±453.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee: 87.8% 1,141 (±0.9% / ±268.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.1% ±4.9% (992  ±234.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee: 24.5% † 318 (±9.6% / ±144.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • 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

4.7% ±2.4% (262  ±138) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee: 4.7% † 97 (±3.1% / ±67)
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

11.2% ±5.1% (488  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee: 14.1% † 223 (±8% / ±137)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
488 Total veterans ±227 319 Male ±146 169 Female ±129

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