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West Canton, NC

1,369 Population
1.4 square miles 996.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,346 ±$6,067 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $35,580 ±$1,255
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$35,583 ±$14,229 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $61,001 ±$3,705
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9.1% ±6.1% (124  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 11.3% † 6,960 (±1.7% / ±1,035)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.1 minutes ±5 (15,525  ±6,206) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 23.1 582,035 (±1 / ±34,749)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

629 ±149 Number of households
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 26,772 ±550
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.7 (1,369  ±301) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3 61,852 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.4% ±6.2% (18  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.7% † 331 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

649 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 35,307 ±97
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$190,200 ±$29,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $254,900 ±$7,888
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.8% ±6.9% (132  ±97.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 11.5% † 7,113 (±1.8% / ±1,083.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.1% ±5% (970  ±228.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 91.6% 43,291 (±3.2% / ±1,504.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.3% ±5.7% (150  ±69.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 29.4% 13,895 (±1.8% / ±845.6)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.2% ±1.5% (17  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3% 1,404
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.8% ±3.1% (79  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 4,951 (±1.1% / ±556)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
79 Total veterans ±41 79 Male ±41 N/A Female ±14

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