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28906

19,712 Population
333.4 square miles 59.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 53.3 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,264 ±$2,413 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $30,800 ±$1,758
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$52,669 ±$4,929 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $51,496 ±$3,907
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.4% ±2.5% (2,404  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 14.6% † 4,218 (±2.4% / ±696)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.6 minutes ±3.6 (178,300  ±30,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 26.6 † 270,550 (±2.8 / ±33,745)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

8,936 ±464 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 13,042 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.1 (19,397  ±790) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 28,771 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7% ±3.6% (220  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 360 (±3.4% / ±169)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

12,992 ±427 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 18,182 ±27
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$219,800 ±$10,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $208,700 ±$8,878
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.5% ±1.9% (1,857  ±377) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 9.5% † 2,742 (±2% / ±569.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.8% ±4.3% (14,443  ±860.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 91.4% 20,826 (±4.3% / ±986.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
24.4% ±2.7% (3,837  ±449.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 24.2% 5,514 (±2.4% / ±545.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.6% (295  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 1.9% 563
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.7% ±1.7% (1,983  ±293) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 11.3% † 2,753 (±1.3% / ±310)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,983 Total veterans ±293 1,832 Male ±272 151 Female ±103

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