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Census Tract 9703.02, Macon, NC

4,659 Population
14.9 square miles 312.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin: 48.1 ±4.4
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 49.7 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,514 ±$5,320 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin: $33,501 † ±$4,806
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $38,705 ±$2,546
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$57,488 ±$17,108 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin: $47,888 ±$4,336
  • a little less than the amount in Macon County: $59,061 † ±$6,098
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

6.7% ±2.9% (303  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin: 12.8% † 538 (±7.1% / ±301)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 11.6% † 4,352 (±2.4% / ±912)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.4 minutes ±2.8 (38,405  ±11,211) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin: 23.1 † 42,745 (±5.1 / ±11,323)
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 22.6 333,455 (±1.5 / ±29,304)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,245 ±264 Number of households
  • Franklin: 2,284 † ±251
  • Macon County: 18,406 ±675
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.3 (4,580  ±486) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin: 1.9 † 4,243 (±0.2 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 2 37,609 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,539 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Franklin: 2,527 † ±263
  • Macon County: 27,216 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$257,000 ±$29,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin: $195,000 † ±$24,123
  • about the same as the amount in Macon County: $251,900 ±$16,620
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13% ±7% (605  ±331.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin: 10.4% † 433 (±6% / ±252.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 13.6% † 5,145 (±2.6% / ±963.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.4% ±6.3% (3,053  ±409.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin: 85.4% † 2,799 (±9.2% / ±381.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 89.8% 25,809 (±4.5% / ±1,319.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
26.1% ±6.3% (864  ±232.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin: 25.6% † 840 (±6.2% / ±216)
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 27.9% 8,020 (±2.6% / ±753.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

5.2% ±3.1% (242  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin: 8% † 342 (±4.3% / ±183)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 5.9% 2,233
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.3% ±2.6% (319  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin: 8.2% † 299 (±3.2% / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,916 (±1.3% / ±392)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
319 Total veterans ±106 280 Male ±96 39 Female ±28

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