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Waynesville, NC

10,502 Population
9 square miles 1,171.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 47.8 ±0.3
  • 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

$37,050 ±$3,855 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $36,367 ±$1,499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,923 ±$7,816 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $61,912 ±$2,423
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±6.6% (1,624  ±671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 13.1% † 8,116 (±1.9% / ±1,170)
  • 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)

19.7 minutes ±1.6 (82,305  ±11,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 23.8 598,920 (±1.2 / ±38,259)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,035 ±250 Number of households
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 27,123 ±647
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (10,206  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3 62,017 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±1.7% (35  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.4% † 292 (±1% / ±117)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,057 ±313 Number of housing units
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 35,560 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$281,700 ±$21,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $279,200 ±$9,537
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.1% ±6.2% (1,894  ±643.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 10.4% † 6,485 (±1.7% / ±1,057.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±6.2% (7,103  ±588.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 91.3% 43,408 (±3.2% / ±1,507)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33% ±4.3% (2,680  ±364.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 29.5% 14,047 (±1.8% / ±865.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 90 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

5.8% ±2.8% (610  ±293) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.8% 1,728
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±2.2% (908  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 4,981 (±1% / ±529)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
908 Total veterans ±201 802 Male ±201 106 Female ±58

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