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28705

6,732 Population
124.2 square miles 54.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mitchell County: 48 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,764 ±$6,410 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $34,790 ±$3,386
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$54,858 ±$5,695 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mitchell County: $57,602 ±$5,146
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.6% ±3.5% (743  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 12.9% † 1,882 (±2.8% / ±404)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.1 minutes ±3.8 (63,465  ±15,518) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 24.4 146,100 (±2.1 / ±16,255)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,739 ±258 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 6,587 ±269
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0 (6,372  ±609) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 2.2 14,539 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.5% ±3.4% (50  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mitchell County: 6.7% † 189 (±3.6% / ±102)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,875 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 8,697 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$220,600 ±$18,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mitchell County: $220,100 ±$13,554
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.5% ±2.5% (505  ±175.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mitchell County: 9.9% † 1,478 (±2.3% / ±335.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.7% ±6% (4,307  ±472.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 90.7% 10,179 (±6.3% / ±706.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
26.1% ±4.4% (1,238  ±233.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 24.2% † 2,715 (±3% / ±338.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

1.3% ±0.8% (89  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mitchell County: 2.4% 356
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.7% ±2.7% (422  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 7.7% † 946 (±1.6% / ±203)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
422 Total veterans ±151 389 Male ±152 33 Female ±35

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