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28902

986 Population
22.5 square miles 43.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.1 ±12.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 55 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$42,826 ±$7,125 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $40,205 † ±$4,233
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$88,456 ±$44,630 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Clay County: $56,971 † ±$8,915
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.9% ±5.2% (57  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Clay County: 12.9% † 1,452 (±3.5% / ±390)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.7 minutes ±3.5 (8,970  ±3,273) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Clay County: 23.2 † 94,090 (±3.4 / ±17,469)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

470 ±118 Number of households
  • Clay County: 5,081 ±321
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.1 (972  ±251) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 2.3 11,492 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

784 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 7,497 ±18
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$252,700 ±$55,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $278,400 † ±$32,756
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

0.2% ±2.5% (2  ±24.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Clay County: 10.9% † 1,248 (±3.5% / ±400.3)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

96.1% ±31.6% (788  ±176.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 92.5% 8,348 (±7.1% / ±670.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
46.2% ±11.4% (379  ±130.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 31.8% † 2,869 (±4.1% / ±376.7)
  • about 1.3 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

6.4% ±5.8% (63  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Clay County: 3.4% 394
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.2% ±6.6% (79  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clay County: 6.6% † 644 (±1.5% / ±146)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
79 Total veterans ±60 69 Male ±52 10 Female ±14

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