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Census Tract 9603, Yancey, NC

3,031 Population
71.3 square miles 42.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Burnsville: 43.2 † ±10.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 49.2 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$39,035 ±$11,911 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Burnsville: $34,761 † ±$8,433
  • a little higher than the amount in Yancey County: $36,664 † ±$3,880
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$53,918 ±$6,326 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Burnsville: $50,997 † ±$6,679
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $58,709 ±$5,720
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

10.4% ±5% (307  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Burnsville: 26.1% † 515 (±3.5% / ±142)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Yancey County: 15.2% † 2,833 (±2.2% / ±418)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

28.4 minutes ±2.7 (34,175  ±7,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Burnsville: 27.9 † 19,135 (±4.7 / ±8,387)
  • a little higher than the figure in Yancey County: 27.1 186,160 (±0.4 / ±13,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,350 ±194 Number of households
  • Burnsville: 983 † ±230
  • Yancey County: 8,130 ±353
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.2 (2,940  ±505) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Burnsville: 2 1,962 (±0.1 / ±473)
  • a little less than the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,632 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.2% ±5.8% (24  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burnsville: 5.8% † 27 (±6.3% / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 6.6% † 234 (±3.6% / ±127)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,533 ±214 Number of housing units
  • Burnsville: 1,254 † ±238
  • Yancey County: 11,376 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$275,400 ±$26,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Burnsville: $243,500 † ±$29,367
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Yancey County: $243,100 ±$17,235
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.6% ±4.4% (199  ±138.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Burnsville: 9.5% † 197 (±4.7% / ±107.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 7.9% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±395)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.9% ±7% (2,092  ±323.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Burnsville: 88.9% † 1,287 (±24.9% / ±224.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 90.7% 12,968 (±5.3% / ±763.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
30.3% ±8.5% (705  ±218) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Burnsville: 25% † 362 (±4% / ±98.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 25.1% † 3,584 (±2.8% / ±403.6)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.2% ±2.9% (187  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Burnsville: 3.3% † 69 (±2.9% / ±62)
  • nearly double the rate in Yancey County: 3.2% 601
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.8% ±3% (151  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Burnsville: 8.9% † 151 (±4.6% / ±86)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 6.7% † 1,031 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
151 Total veterans ±79 146 Male ±78 5 Female ±8

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