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28719

6,786 Population
399.5 square miles 17 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Swain County: 42.6 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,051 ±$2,432 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swain County: $31,803 ±$2,502
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$60,658 ±$11,786 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Swain County: $52,349 † ±$5,811
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.7% ±5% (1,178  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swain County: 19.1% † 2,600 (±3.4% / ±456)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

13.5 minutes ±2.3 (31,080  ±7,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Swain County: 20.6 † 114,090 (±2.4 / ±15,869)
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,820 ±276 Number of households
  • Swain County: 6,013 ±250
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.3 (6,640  ±560) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Swain County: 2.3 13,681 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

9% ±5.6% (144  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Swain County: 5.5% † 175 (±2.8% / ±90)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,215 ±270 Number of housing units
  • Swain County: 8,629 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$188,400 ±$26,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Swain County: $207,000 ±$19,733
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.4% ±3.9% (566  ±265.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swain County: 10.8% † 1,502 (±2.9% / ±398.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.8% ±6.1% (3,838  ±425.1) 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)
17.7% ±4.3% (772  ±199.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swain County: 21.4% † 2,126 (±2.9% / ±284.4)
  • about half 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

4.7% ±1.9% (321  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Swain County: 2.8% 391
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.7% ±3.2% (394  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Swain County: 7.2% † 798 (±1.7% / ±188)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
394 Total veterans ±165 275 Male ±129 119 Female ±102

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