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Census Tract 9401, Swain, NC

4,505 Population
38.2 square miles 117.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee: 33.3 † ±4.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,846 ±$3,579 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee: $29,514 † ±$4,777
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swain County: $31,803 ±$2,502
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$63,253 ±$6,140 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee: $55,972 † ±$23,565
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $52,349 † ±$5,811
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

19% ±6.1% (832  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee: 21.3% † 426 (±8.4% / ±194)
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 19.1% † 2,600 (±3.4% / ±456)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

12.5 minutes ±0.9 (19,510  ±4,448) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee: 11.1 † 10,135 (±3 / ±4,455)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Swain County: 20.6 † 114,090 (±2.4 / ±15,869)
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,747 ±195 Number of households
  • Cherokee: 937 † ±224
  • Swain County: 6,013 ±250
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.4 (4,359  ±441) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee: 2.2 † 2,031 (±0.7 / ±472)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Swain County: 2.3 13,681 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.1% ±5.4% (81  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cherokee: 19.8% † 109 (±14.6% / ±90)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Swain County: 5.5% † 175 (±2.8% / ±90)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,101 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee: 1,093 † ±224
  • Swain County: 8,629 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$178,300 ±$30,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee: $189,900 † ±$80,745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Swain County: $207,000 ±$19,733
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13.1% ±5.4% (586  ±248.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee: 11.1% † 224 (±8% / ±170.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 10.8% † 1,502 (±2.9% / ±398.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.5% ±7.2% (2,450  ±307.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee: 87.8% 1,141 (±0.9% / ±268.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 86.7% 8,594 (±5.6% / ±569)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.1% ±5.5% (500  ±159.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee: 24.5% † 318 (±9.6% / ±144.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swain County: 21.4% † 2,126 (±2.9% / ±284.4)
  • about half 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

4.8% ±2.2% (214  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee: 4.7% † 97 (±3.1% / ±67)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Swain County: 2.8% 391
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.5% ±3% (220  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Cherokee: 14.1% † 223 (±8% / ±137)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 7.2% † 798 (±1.7% / ±188)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
220 Total veterans ±103 220 Male ±103 N/A Female ±14

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