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Census Tract 9503, Mitchell, NC

4,331 Population
31 square miles 139.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Spruce Pine: 48.6 † ±7.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mitchell County: 48 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,121 ±$4,391 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Spruce Pine: $28,834 † ±$4,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $34,790 ±$3,386
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,156 ±$5,487 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Spruce Pine: $42,098 † ±$9,436
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mitchell County: $57,602 ±$5,146
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

22.1% ±7.2% (879  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Spruce Pine: 22.5% † 523 (±8.7% / ±227)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mitchell County: 12.9% † 1,882 (±2.8% / ±404)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.7 minutes ±5 (37,655  ±10,658) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Spruce Pine: 21.7 † 21,870 (±5.8 / ±8,402)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mitchell County: 24.4 146,100 (±2.1 / ±16,255)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,849 ±225 Number of households
  • Spruce Pine: 1,111 † ±207
  • Mitchell County: 6,587 ±269
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.4 (3,990  ±457) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Spruce Pine: 2.1 2,320 (±0.1 / ±451)
  • about the same as the figure in Mitchell County: 2.2 14,539 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

9.6% ±7.9% (94  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Spruce Pine: 8.4% † 42 (±9.7% / ±51)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mitchell County: 6.7% † 189 (±3.6% / ±102)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,324 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Spruce Pine: 1,228 † ±207
  • Mitchell County: 8,697 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$194,100 ±$31,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Spruce Pine: $207,500 † ±$40,506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $220,100 ±$13,554
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

15.8% ±5.8% (677  ±257.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Spruce Pine: 15.7% † 371 (±7.9% / ±197.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mitchell County: 9.9% † 1,478 (±2.3% / ±335.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.4% ±7.3% (2,540  ±344.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Spruce Pine: 81% 1,459 (±5.3% / ±253.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Mitchell County: 90.7% 10,179 (±6.3% / ±706.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
20.2% ±6.1% (600  ±190.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Spruce Pine: 24.4% † 439 (±7.2% / ±147.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 24.2% † 2,715 (±3% / ±338.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.9% ±2.5% (213  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Spruce Pine: 8.1% † 195 (±4.2% / ±107)
  • more than double the rate in Mitchell County: 2.4% 356
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.2% ±2.3% (227  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Spruce Pine: 5.7% † 117 (±2.3% / ±51)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 7.7% † 946 (±1.6% / ±203)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
227 Total veterans ±87 227 Male ±87 N/A Female ±14

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