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28713

8,425 Population
139.6 square miles 60.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,646 ±$4,007 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $31,803 ±$2,502
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$50,882 ±$4,796 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Swain County: $52,349 † ±$5,811
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17% ±4% (1,385  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 19.1% † 2,600 (±3.4% / ±456)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.2 minutes ±3.7 (90,135  ±16,294) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Swain County: 20.6 † 114,090 (±2.4 / ±15,869)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,827 ±258 Number of households
  • Swain County: 6,013 ±250
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.2 (8,239  ±480) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Swain County: 2.3 13,681 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.1% ±3.3% (82  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Swain County: 5.5% † 175 (±2.8% / ±90)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

5,884 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Swain County: 8,629 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$221,900 ±$25,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $207,000 ±$19,733
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.6% ±3.7% (889  ±311.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 10.8% † 1,502 (±2.9% / ±398.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.9% ±6.1% (5,546  ±485.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 86.7% 8,594 (±5.6% / ±569)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
23.7% ±3.7% (1,529  ±252.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 21.4% † 2,126 (±2.9% / ±284.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.1% ±1.4% (177  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Swain County: 2.8% 391
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7% ±1.8% (489  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Swain County: 7.2% † 798 (±1.7% / ±188)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
489 Total veterans ±128 423 Male ±113 66 Female ±46

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