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28741

4,257 Population
90.3 square miles 47.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 49.7 ±0.5
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$77,146 ±$15,193 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Macon County: $38,705 ±$2,546
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$70,392 ±$5,501 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $59,061 † ±$6,098
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7.9% ±4.3% (321  ±180) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macon County: 11.6% † 4,352 (±2.4% / ±912)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

16 minutes ±3.2 (23,160  ±7,695) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Macon County: 22.6 333,455 (±1.5 / ±29,304)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,336 ±290 Number of households
  • Macon County: 18,406 ±675
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.8 ±0.1 (4,162  ±590) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2 37,609 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.6% ±1.2% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Macon County: 2.5% † 178 (±1.6% / ±113)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

6,096 ±309 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 27,216 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$631,000 ±$69,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Macon County: $251,900 ±$16,620
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

19.4% ±7.6% (827  ±343.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Macon County: 13.6% † 5,145 (±2.6% / ±963.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

91.3% ±15.6% (3,395  ±389) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 89.8% 25,809 (±4.5% / ±1,319.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
50.7% ±9% (1,885  ±236.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Macon County: 27.9% 8,020 (±2.6% / ±753.6)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.8% ±2.8% (245  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 5.9% 2,233
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.8% ±1.7% (301  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,916 (±1.3% / ±392)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
301 Total veterans ±74 295 Male ±73 6 Female ±6

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