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Sylva, NC Urban Area

4,928 Population
7.2 square miles 683.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,661 ±$2,379 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$44,135 ±$8,775 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

22.4% ±8.3% (1,066  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.2 minutes ±4.1 (49,300  ±14,523) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,123 ±275 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.4 (4,791  ±602) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.3% ±3.4% (41  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,456 ±303 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$204,800 ±$18,716 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

15.8% ±4.8% (771  ±251.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.2% ±1.5% (2,553  ±376.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
34.4% ±7.2% (1,006  ±258.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

5.5% ±3.9% (272  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.4% ±3.2% (253  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
253 Total veterans ±114 248 Male ±114 5 Female ±8

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