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28901

5,552 Population
69.6 square miles 79.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 53.5 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,219 ±$2,702 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $31,569 ±$1,263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,792 ±$12,644 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $53,628 ±$3,764
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.7% ±3.6% (865  ±217) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 12.4% † 3,622 (±1.7% / ±509)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.9 minutes ±2.8 (56,255  ±12,269) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 25.2 263,105 (±1.3 / ±21,957)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,605 ±285 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,241 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.3 (5,464  ±595) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 29,172 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.7% ±1.8% (47  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.1% † 311 (±2.7% / ±135)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,289 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,404 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$158,200 ±$38,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $232,300 ±$11,614
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.8% ±2.5% (320  ±143.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 10.5% † 3,071 (±2.1% / ±623.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.1% ±6% (3,837  ±447.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 92.2% 21,359 (±4.1% / ±952.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17.9% ±5% (762  ±225.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,601 (±2% / ±473.7)
  • 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

4.6% ±2% (256  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 1.9% 565
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8% ±3.1% (362  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 10.2% † 2,522 (±1.5% / ±375)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
362 Total veterans ±144 327 Male ±143 35 Female ±27

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