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28716

16,863 Population
158.7 square miles 106.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 47.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,474 ±$3,417 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $36,367 ±$1,499
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$63,141 ±$7,413 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $61,912 ±$2,423
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.5% ±4.4% (2,742  ±747) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 13.1% † 8,116 (±1.9% / ±1,170)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.9 minutes ±0.7 (175,450  ±19,251) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 23.8 598,920 (±1.2 / ±38,259)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

7,297 ±585 Number of households
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 27,123 ±647
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (16,714  ±1,069) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3 62,017 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.1% ±1.9% (106  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.4% † 292 (±1% / ±117)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

8,724 ±493 Number of housing units
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 35,560 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$237,800 ±$12,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $279,200 ±$9,537
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.7% ±3.2% (1,457  ±539.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 10.4% † 6,485 (±1.7% / ±1,057.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

91.4% ±4% (11,670  ±935) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 91.3% 43,408 (±3.2% / ±1,507)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
23.1% ±3.9% (2,950  ±540.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 29.5% 14,047 (±1.8% / ±865.5)
  • 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

2.3% ±1.4% (380  ±244) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.8% 1,728
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.1% ±2.3% (1,252  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 4,981 (±1% / ±529)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,252 Total veterans ±321 1,205 Male ±315 47 Female ±50

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