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28783

1,785 Population
67.9 square miles 26.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,892 ±$10,007 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$51,350 ±$29,314 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.2% ±20.2% (325  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.8 minutes ±16.1 (19,565  ±7,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

643 ±169 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.8 ±0.6 (1,785  ±612) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

989 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$290,900 ±$50,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.2% ±5.8% (111  ±110.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87% ±35.2% (1,007  ±260.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
26.4% ±10.4% (305  ±153) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.4% ±9.4% (114  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 4.5% 1,980
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

10.8% ±7.3% (139  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
139 Total veterans ±103 134 Male ±103 5 Female ±15

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