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Census Tract 9503, Jackson, NC

5,514 Population
31.1 square miles 177.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Sylva: 31.4 † ±5.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,374 ±$4,016 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sylva: $21,330 † ±$3,292
  • 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
$56,368 ±$11,265 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sylva: $44,086 † ±$6,090
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

19.7% ±8.4% (1,067  ±475) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Sylva: 19.4% † 492 (±8.3% / ±212)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.3 minutes ±4 (44,355  ±12,004) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sylva: 23.6 † 27,305 (±4.9 / ±8,196)
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,382 ±303 Number of households
  • Sylva: 1,028 † ±180
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (5,399  ±746) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sylva: 2.5 † 2,531 (±0.4 / ±27)
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.4% ±0.8% (4  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Sylva: 3.8% † 21 (±3.5% / ±20)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,873 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Sylva: 1,206 † ±200
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$224,400 ±$22,515 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sylva: $201,200 † ±$31,369
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.6% ±4.3% (637  ±249.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sylva: 14.6% † 383 (±5.2% / ±136.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.7% ±5.8% (3,532  ±513) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sylva: 79.2% 1,209 (±6.7% / ±209.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.1% ±5.3% (947  ±240.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sylva: 30.7% † 469 (±6.9% / ±126.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.6% ±3.1% (256  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Sylva: 9.5% † 250 (±6.4% / ±168)
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.5% ±3.6% (525  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Sylva: 4.9% † 92 (±2.3% / ±45)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
525 Total veterans ±167 459 Male ±158 66 Female ±51

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