Bryson City, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
1,902
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
35
12.9% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
24.3%
12.8% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$44,167
1.8% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$243,400
1.34% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
864
15.7% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Bryson City, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.4% of the residents in Bryson City, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Bryson City, NC was $243,400, and the homeownership rate was 42.8%.

Most people in Bryson City, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 15.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Bryson City, NC was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Bryson City, NC is home to a population of 1.9k people, from which 97.4% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.1% of Bryson City, NC residents were born outside of the country (59 people).

In 2024, there were 4.69 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.35k people) in Bryson City, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 287 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) and 113 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

97.4%
2024 Citizenship
99.3%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.4% of Bryson City, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Bryson City, NC was 99.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Bryson City, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.35k ± 268
  2. American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
    287 ± 269
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    113 ± 128
7.57%
Hispanic Population
144 people

In 2024, there were 4.69 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.35k people) in Bryson City, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 287 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) and 113 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

7.57% of the people in Bryson City, NC are hispanic (144 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Bryson City, NC as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    224,963 ± 11,520 people
  2. India
    83,219 ± 7,055 people
  3. Honduras
    48,247 ± 5,380 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 224,963 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 83,219 and Honduras with 48,247.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.1%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
59 people
0.895%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
15 people

As of 2024, 3.1% of Bryson City, NC residents (59 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Bryson City, NC was 0.895%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    34 ± 28
  2. Vietnam
    7 ± 21
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    3 ± 15

Bryson City, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 4.86 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Bryson City, NC employs 864 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bryson City, NC were Retail Trade (147 people), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (135 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (122 people), and the highest paying industries were Information ($76,250), Public Administration ($63,750), and Educational Services ($52,847).

Employment

Occupations

864
2024 Value
± 209
15.7%
1 Year growth
± 30.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bryson City, NC grew at a rate of 15.7%, from 747 employees to 864 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bryson City, NC, are Sales & Related Occupations (126 people), Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (113 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (83 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bryson City, NC.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

864
2024 Value
± 209
15.7%
1 Year growth
± 30.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bryson City, NC grew at a rate of 15.7%, from 747 employees to 864 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bryson City, NC, are Retail Trade (147 people), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (135 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (122 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bryson City, NC, though some of these residents may live in Bryson City, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$40,625
Median earning men ± $14,088
$33,182
Median earning women ± $15,558

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($78,618), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($54,375), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($44,213).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($50,114), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,880), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($39,107).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.
Y-Axis
3.04%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Bryson City, NC was $243,400 in 2024, which is 0.732 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $246,700 to $243,400, a 1.34% decrease. The homeownership rate in Bryson City, NC is 42.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bryson City, NC have an average commute time of 15.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bryson City, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$243,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$35,726
$345
Median Property Taxes
±$114

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bryson City, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bryson City, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

42.8%
Homeownership
2024
62.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 42.8% of the housing units in Bryson City, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 48.6%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$44,167
Median Household Income
± $7,357
806
Number of Households
± 180

In 2024, the median household income of the 806 households in Bryson City, NC grew to $44,167 from the previous year's value of $43,387.

The following chart displays the households in Bryson City, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bryson City, NC is from North Carolina.
0.467
2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina
0.47
2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2023, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (81.7%)
  2. Carpooled (9.04%)
  3. Other (8.11%)

In 2024, 81.7% of workers in Bryson City, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.04%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (8.11%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

15.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bryson City, NC have a shorter commute time (15.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.586% of the workforce in Bryson City, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bryson City, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bryson City, NC have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

24.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bryson City, NC (412 out of 1.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males < 5 and then Males 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bryson City, NC is White, followed by Native American and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

74.7% of the population of Bryson City, NC has health coverage, with 32.6% on employee plans, 25% on Medicaid, 11.1% on Medicare, 5.01% on non-group plans, and 0.969% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.4% were men and 53.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.2% under 18 years, 26.8% between 18 and 34 years, 30.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.2% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.4% were men and 53.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

25.3%
Uninsured
32.6%
Employer Coverage
25%
Medicaid
11.1%
Medicare
5.01%
Non-Group
0.969%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Bryson City, NC declined by 11.4% from 28.6% to 25.3%.

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