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28717

1,265 Population
36.4 square miles 34.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.1 ±13 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$66,093 ±$27,818 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$76,085 ±$14,474 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

3% ±2.4% (38  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

14.4 minutes ±8.1 (9,920  ±3,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

639 ±183 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.3 (1,265  ±417) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,241 ±400 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$440,000 ±$196,508 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12.7% ±10.2% (161  ±139.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.3% ±37.3% (1,015  ±261.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
43.7% ±9.8% (481  ±184.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.9% ±7.3% (75  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.9% ±6.9% (112  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
112 Total veterans ±85 112 Male ±85 N/A Female ±14

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