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28751

4,159 Population
45.7 square miles 91 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 47.8 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$39,546 ±$7,134 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $36,367 ±$1,499
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$69,057 ±$8,699 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $61,912 ±$2,423
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

12.3% ±5.1% (505  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 13.1% † 8,116 (±1.9% / ±1,170)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27.5 minutes ±11 (34,155  ±9,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 23.8 598,920 (±1.2 / ±38,259)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,859 ±244 Number of households
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 27,123 ±647
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (4,105  ±570) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.3 62,017 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.9% ±2.7% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.4% † 292 (±1% / ±117)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

4,191 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 35,560 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$313,500 ±$31,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: $279,200 ±$9,537
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.4% ±3.8% (348  ±164.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 10.4% † 6,485 (±1.7% / ±1,057.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

96% ±17% (3,245  ±404) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 91.3% 43,408 (±3.2% / ±1,507)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
33.8% ±4.4% (1,144  ±205.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 29.5% 14,047 (±1.8% / ±865.5)
  • a little less 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

3.4% ±2.8% (140  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 2.8% 1,728
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

13.6% ±5.2% (494  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waynesville, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 4,981 (±1% / ±529)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
494 Total veterans ±197 411 Male ±152 83 Female ±76

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