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Sylva, NC

2,600 Population
3.2 square miles 819.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,021 ±$2,844 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,926 ±$9,590 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

26.6% ±11.9% (665  ±298) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 19.3% † 7,575 (±2.5% / ±998)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.6 minutes ±7.5 (24,930  ±10,174) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 20.6 355,960 (±1.2 / ±28,541)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,043 ±187 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.4 (2,486  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,406 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.5% ±6.6% (41  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 1.7% † 183 (±0.9% / ±92)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,272 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$195,500 ±$22,997 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $253,900 ±$14,754
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

19% ±7.1% (487  ±182.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

81.3% ±5.8% (1,134  ±213.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
34.4% ±8.8% (480  ±149) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

9% ±7.2% (233  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% 1,989
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.1% ±2.5% (74  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
74 Total veterans ±45 69 Male ±44 5 Female ±8

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