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Sylva, NC

2,646 Population
3.2 square miles 834.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$21,330 ±$3,292 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,086 ±$6,090 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

19.4% ±8.3% (492  ±212) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.6 minutes ±4.9 (27,305  ±8,196) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,028 ±180 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.4 (2,531  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.8% ±3.5% (21  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,206 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$201,200 ±$31,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

14.6% ±5.2% (383  ±136.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

79.2% ±6.7% (1,209  ±209.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
30.7% ±6.9% (469  ±126.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about 90 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

9.5% ±6.4% (250  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.9% ±2.3% (92  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
92 Total veterans ±45 87 Male ±44 5 Female ±8

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