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28905

3,056 Population
45.2 square miles 67.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 53.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,678 ±$5,492 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee County: $31,569 ±$1,263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$57,708 ±$28,072 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $53,628 ±$3,764
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

13.1% ±6.7% (399  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 12.4% † 3,622 (±1.7% / ±509)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.7 minutes ±10.2 (28,025  ±8,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 25.2 263,105 (±1.3 / ±21,957)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,257 ±266 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,241 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.3 (3,056  ±723) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 29,172 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

15.7% ±18% (79  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 6.1% † 311 (±2.7% / ±135)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,529 ±290 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,404 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$228,200 ±$23,917 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $232,300 ±$11,614
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

22.5% ±12% (671  ±390.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 10.5% † 3,071 (±2.1% / ±623.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

91.5% ±25.3% (2,057  ±363.2) 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)
26.5% ±7.4% (596  ±209.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,601 (±2% / ±473.7)
  • 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

0.2% ±0.3% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 1.9% 565
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

10.7% ±3.3% (265  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 10.2% † 2,522 (±1.5% / ±375)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
265 Total veterans ±100 243 Male ±89 22 Female ±33

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