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28779

18,064 Population
108 square miles 167.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,438 ±$2,994 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$57,727 ±$7,959 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.3% ±3.5% (2,700  ±650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21 minutes ±1.2 (147,090  ±20,516) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

8,295 ±626 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.2 (17,830  ±1,188) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.2% ±3.1% (201  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

9,692 ±667 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$243,700 ±$25,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.7% ±2.6% (2,090  ±485.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92% ±4.7% (12,076  ±976.6) 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)
27.9% ±2.9% (3,662  ±441.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about 80 percent of 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% ±1.2% (544  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.4% ±1.6% (1,193  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,193 Total veterans ±242 1,127 Male ±236 66 Female ±49

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