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28716

16,216 Population
158.7 square miles 102.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 47.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,796 ±$3,284 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $35,580 ±$1,255
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,008 ±$6,572 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $61,001 ±$3,705
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

14.3% ±3.3% (2,281  ±544) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 11.3% † 6,960 (±1.7% / ±1,035)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.8 minutes ±1.7 (163,165  ±21,748) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 23.1 582,035 (±1 / ±34,749)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,911 ±598 Number of households
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 26,772 ±550
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (16,069  ±1,065) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3 61,852 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.4% ±2.4% (108  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.7% † 331 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,590 ±536 Number of housing units
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 35,307 ±97
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$223,600 ±$11,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $254,900 ±$7,888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.5% ±3.7% (1,684  ±608) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 11.5% † 7,113 (±1.8% / ±1,083.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92% ±3.6% (11,196  ±903.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 91.6% 43,291 (±3.2% / ±1,504.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.9% ±4% (2,912  ±532.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 29.4% 13,895 (±1.8% / ±845.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

1.3% ±0.9% (213  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3% 1,404
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.6% ±2.5% (1,260  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 4,951 (±1.1% / ±556)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,260 Total veterans ±346 1,207 Male ±340 53 Female ±45

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