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Census Tract 9506, Jackson, NC

12,118 Population
47 square miles 258 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cullowhee: 21 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,046 ±$3,902 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cullowhee: $15,461 † ±$2,774
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,540 ±$7,599 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cullowhee: $35,929 † ±$9,937
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

31.2% ±6.7% (2,548  ±595) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cullowhee: 45.8% † 1,930 (±7% / ±448)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21 minutes ±2.6 (97,445  ±19,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cullowhee: 19.3 † 63,455 (±3.9 / ±17,546)
  • a little higher than 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

3,952 ±453 Number of households
  • Cullowhee: 2,225 † ±401
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.3 (8,265  ±752) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cullowhee: 1.9 † 4,210 (±0.5 / ±739)
  • a little less 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

0.2% ±0.3% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Cullowhee: 0%
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

4,567 ±438 Number of housing units
  • Cullowhee: 2,445 † ±401
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$366,100 ±$45,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cullowhee: $382,300 † ±$67,020
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

33.5% ±5.2% (4,055  ±676.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cullowhee: 43.8% † 3,488 (±7.2% / ±661.6)
  • about double the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.9% ±20.2% (3,973  ±604.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cullowhee: 94% † 1,428 (±42.7% / ±391.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
36.5% ±6.6% (1,559  ±369.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cullowhee: 38.3% † 581 (±6.8% / ±234.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about the same as 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

5.2% ±2.9% (624  ±355) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cullowhee: 5.9% † 472 (±4.2% / ±337)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.5% ±1.8% (476  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cullowhee: 3.8% † 289 (±2.4% / ±183)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
476 Total veterans ±188 444 Male ±181 32 Female ±31

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