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28740

2,158 Population
88.2 square miles 24.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 49.2 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,138 ±$8,901 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
$48,214 ±$19,992 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $58,709 ±$5,720
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.7% ±10.2% (361  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 15.2% † 2,833 (±2.2% / ±418)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

33.1 minutes ±7.5 (20,855  ±8,867) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 27.1 186,160 (±0.4 / ±13,603)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,038 ±221 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,130 ±353
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.2 (2,152  ±490) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,632 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • 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

1,457 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,376 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$213,000 ±$58,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $243,100 ±$17,235
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

2.5% ±2.3% (54  ±50.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Yancey County: 7.9% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±395)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.2% ±22.5% (1,413  ±254.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Yancey County: 90.7% 12,968 (±5.3% / ±763.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.6% ±5.2% (309  ±104.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Yancey County: 25.1% † 3,584 (±2.8% / ±403.6)
  • 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

0.8% ±1.1% (17  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Yancey County: 3.2% 601
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8% ±4.3% (145  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 6.7% † 1,031 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
145 Total veterans ±84 145 Male ±84 N/A Female ±14

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