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28714

16,397 Population
257.8 square miles 63.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Yancey County: 49.2 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,628 ±$4,211 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Yancey County: $36,664 † ±$3,880
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$58,998 ±$5,990 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Yancey County: $58,709 ±$5,720
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14.6% ±2.3% (2,383  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Yancey County: 15.2% † 2,833 (±2.2% / ±418)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27 minutes ±3.3 (161,650  ±13,865) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Yancey County: 27.1 186,160 (±0.4 / ±13,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

6,962 ±402 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,130 ±353
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (16,232  ±557) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,632 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

7.6% ±4.1% (234  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 6.6% † 234 (±3.6% / ±127)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

9,554 ±318 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,376 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$236,600 ±$17,229 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Yancey County: $243,100 ±$17,235
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.8% ±2.2% (1,262  ±352.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 7.9% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±395)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.8% ±4.8% (11,237  ±716.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 90.7% 12,968 (±5.3% / ±763.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
25% ±2.9% (3,092  ±379) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 25.1% † 3,584 (±2.8% / ±403.6)
  • 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

3.4% ±0.9% (564  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 3.2% 601
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.4% ±1.3% (858  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Yancey County: 6.7% † 1,031 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
858 Total veterans ±178 793 Male ±171 65 Female ±37

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