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Census Tract 9603.02, Swain, NC

2,786 Population
63.6 square miles 43.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Bryson City: 35 † ±5.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,737 ±$7,010 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bryson City: $26,132 † ±$4,416
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $31,803 ±$2,502
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$49,896 ±$11,661 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bryson City: $44,167 † ±$7,357
  • a little less than the amount in Swain County: $52,349 † ±$5,811
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

21.8% ±7.2% (592  ±216) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bryson City: 24.3% † 412 (±9.7% / ±189)
  • about 10 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)

25.9 minutes ±3.1 (26,080  ±7,248) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Bryson City: 15.8 † 13,450 (±1.7 / ±4,070)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Swain County: 20.6 † 114,090 (±2.4 / ±15,869)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,269 ±193 Number of households
  • Bryson City: 806 † ±179
  • Swain County: 6,013 ±250
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (2,786  ±434) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bryson City: 2.1 1,723 (±0.2 / ±409)
  • a little less than 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

2.3% ±4.3% (12  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bryson City: 5.1% † 24 (±6.6% / ±32)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Swain County: 5.5% † 175 (±2.8% / ±90)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,188 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Bryson City: 1,013 † ±200
  • Swain County: 8,629 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$206,400 ±$43,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bryson City: $243,400 † ±$35,726
  • about the same as the amount in Swain County: $207,000 ±$19,733
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.7% ±7.8% (270  ±221.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bryson City: 16.8% † 318 (±7.7% / ±162.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 10.8% † 1,502 (±2.9% / ±398.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.2% ±9.5% (1,842  ±337.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bryson City: 80.5% 1,071 (±4.2% / ±208.6)
  • a little higher than 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)
25.9% ±8.6% (518  ±188.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bryson City: 25.5% † 340 (±7% / ±112.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 21.4% † 2,126 (±2.9% / ±284.4)
  • 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

3.3% ±4.2% (92  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Bryson City: 3.1% † 59 (±3.3% / ±64)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 2.8% 391
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.3% ±3.5% (137  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bryson City: 4.7% † 70 (±2.5% / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 7.2% † 798 (±1.7% / ±188)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
137 Total veterans ±79 115 Male ±76 22 Female ±22

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