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Waynesville, NC Urban Area

24,234 Population
27.6 square miles 877.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,289 ±$2,443 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$52,926 ±$7,492 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

12.4% ±3% (2,972  ±738) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

21.1 minutes ±2.3 (219,690  ±30,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

10,765 ±566 Number of households
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.2 ±0.2 (23,905  ±1,058) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

1.8% ±1.1% (87  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

14,789 ±633 Number of housing units
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$233,500 ±$18,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

13.3% ±2.7% (3,215  ±,660.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

89.5% ±2.8% (16,180  ±926) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
31.6% ±2.6% (5,714  ±540) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

3.1% ±1.1% (753  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

9.1% ±1.3% (1,803  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,803 Total veterans ±263 1,620 Male ±252 183 Female ±94

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