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Census Tract 9602, Swain, NC

3,224 Population
14.4 square miles 223.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bryson City: 35 † ±5.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,717 ±$4,683 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bryson City: $26,132 † ±$4,416
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Swain County: $31,803 ±$2,502
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,946 ±$8,900 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bryson City: $44,167 † ±$7,357
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swain County: $52,349 † ±$5,811
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

22.7% ±8.2% (717  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bryson City: 24.3% † 412 (±9.7% / ±189)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 19.1% † 2,600 (±3.4% / ±456)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

19.5 minutes ±3.2 (28,600  ±7,252) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bryson City: 15.8 † 13,450 (±1.7 / ±4,070)
  • a little less than the figure in Swain County: 20.6 † 114,090 (±2.4 / ±15,869)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,409 ±181 Number of households
  • Bryson City: 806 † ±179
  • Swain County: 6,013 ±250
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (3,217  ±461) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bryson City: 2.1 1,723 (±0.2 / ±409)
  • about the same as the figure in Swain County: 2.3 13,681 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

1,923 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Bryson City: 1,013 † ±200
  • Swain County: 8,629 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$191,900 ±$36,926 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bryson City: $243,400 † ±$35,726
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Swain County: $207,000 ±$19,733
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.3% ±5.5% (269  ±181.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Bryson City: 16.8% † 318 (±7.7% / ±162.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Swain County: 10.8% † 1,502 (±2.9% / ±398.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

79.6% ±6.5% (1,913  ±302.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bryson City: 80.5% 1,071 (±4.2% / ±208.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 86.7% 8,594 (±5.6% / ±569)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
16.6% ±4.6% (399  ±122.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bryson City: 25.5% † 340 (±7% / ±112.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.2% ±2.1% (72  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bryson City: 3.1% † 59 (±3.3% / ±64)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swain County: 2.8% 391
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.2% ±4% (183  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bryson City: 4.7% † 70 (±2.5% / ±40)
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 7.2% † 798 (±1.7% / ±188)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
183 Total veterans ±104 155 Male ±98 28 Female ±32

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