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Census Tract 9707, Macon, NC

6,684 Population
88.8 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin: 48.1 ±4.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 49.7 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,358 ±$8,512 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
$54,682 ±$18,398 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin: $47,888 ±$4,336
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $59,061 † ±$6,098
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

21.3% ±10.8% (1,420  ±736) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin: 12.8% † 538 (±7.1% / ±301)
  • nearly double the rate in Macon County: 11.6% † 4,352 (±2.4% / ±912)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.1 minutes ±1.5 (39,455  ±9,568) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin: 23.1 † 42,745 (±5.1 / ±11,323)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Macon County: 22.6 333,455 (±1.5 / ±29,304)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,890 ±315 Number of households
  • Franklin: 2,284 † ±251
  • Macon County: 18,406 ±675
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (6,684  ±762) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Franklin: 1.9 † 4,243 (±0.2 / ±31)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 2 37,609 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.4% ±6.4% (113  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Franklin: 3.5% † 36 (±4.6% / ±47)
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 2.5% † 178 (±1.6% / ±113)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,897 ±343 Number of housing units
  • Franklin: 2,527 † ±263
  • Macon County: 27,216 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$261,200 ±$59,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin: $195,000 † ±$24,123
  • a little higher than the amount in Macon County: $251,900 ±$16,620
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

17.9% ±9.2% (1,170  ±617.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin: 10.4% † 433 (±6% / ±252.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macon County: 13.6% † 5,145 (±2.6% / ±963.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.6% ±11.9% (4,161  ±705.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin: 85.4% † 2,799 (±9.2% / ±381.9)
  • about the same as 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)
24.2% ±7.8% (1,135  ±382.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin: 25.6% † 840 (±6.2% / ±216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 27.9% 8,020 (±2.6% / ±753.6)
  • 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

7% ±5.2% (466  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin: 8% † 342 (±4.3% / ±183)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 5.9% 2,233
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12% ±4% (608  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin: 8.2% † 299 (±3.2% / ±119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,916 (±1.3% / ±392)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
608 Total veterans ±210 571 Male ±200 37 Female ±37

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