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Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC

125,052 Population
1,677.2 square miles 74.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,991 ±$2,602 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,697 ±$5,609 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±2.5% (15,386  ±2,990) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±0.8 (1,043,560  ±49,773) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58,279 ±2,440 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (119,531  ±3,089) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±2.6% (1,280  ±682) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

82,874 ±1,510 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$295,300 ±$15,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.5% ±2.1% (13,083  ±2,578) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±4.4% (84,979  ±4,912.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.9% ±2.9% (27,142  ±2,874.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6.5% ±0.7% (7,659  ±837) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.8% ±1% (5,976  ±1,292) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.9% ±1.7% (8,311  ±1,838) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,311 Total veterans ±1,838 7,539 Male ±1,727 772 Female ±408

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