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Dillsboro, NC

195 Population
0.5 square miles 407.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±19 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,008 ±$10,949 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,516 ±$14,382 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.5% ±9.9% (32  ±23) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±2.6 (1,830  ±1,015) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

113 ±42 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0.2 (195  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

147 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$270,300 ±$36,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±13.9% (20  ±28.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.1% ±52.8% (155  ±54.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.5% ±14% (45  ±28.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

12% ±8.4% (20  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
20 Total veterans ±16 20 Male ±16 N/A Female ±14

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