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Webster, NC

470 Population
1 square miles 471 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±18.4 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
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,345 ±$8,976 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,528 ±$21,832 Median household income
  • about 10 percent 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

24.5% ±15.3% (115  ±84) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±3.3 (2,210  ±1,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about three-quarters 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

171 ±51 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.6 (470  ±178) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±7.7% (8  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

192 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$375,000 ±$58,372 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±15% (73  ±74.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.1% ±38.8% (257  ±60.8) 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)
58.4% ±25% (153  ±44.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

0.9% ±1% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±5.3% (20  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
20 Total veterans ±16 15 Male ±13 5 Female ±7

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