Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC has a population of 106,889 people with a median age of 45.8 and a median household income of $38,649. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC grew from 106,212 to 106,889, a 0.64% increase and its median household income grew from $38,179 to $38,649, a 1.23% increase.
The population of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is 90.4% White, 5% Hispanic, and 1.56% Black. 5.43% of the people in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC speak a non-English language, and 97.7% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC are Western Carolina University, with 2,639 graduates, Southwestern Community College, with 641 graduates, and Tri-County Community College, with 216 graduates.
The median property value in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is $160,100, and the homeownership rate is 72.7%. Most people in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 20.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is 2 cars per household.
Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is the 70th most populated public use microdata area in North Carolina and borders Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (Northeast) PUMA, GA; Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (North & Northwest) PUMA, GA; Haywood, Madison, Swain, Graham & Jackson (North) Counties PUMA, NC; Henderson & Transylvania Counties PUMA, NC; Easley & Clemson Cities PUMA, SC; Oak Ridge City (West) PUMA, TN; Cleveland City PUMA, TN& 2 more.
The economy of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC employs 42,198 people. The economy of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is specialized in Arts, Entertainment, Recreation; Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction; and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, which employ respectively 2.62; 2.37; and 1.67 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC are Healthcare & Social Assistance (5,723), Retail trade (5,702), and Educational Services (4,985), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($44,432), Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($40,174), and Transportation & Warehousing ($33,387).
Median household income in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is $38,649. Males in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC have an average income that is 1.1 times higher than the average income of females, which is $36,054. The income inequality of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC (measured using the Gini index) is 0.434 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC. In North Carolina the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 65-74 and 65-74, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to N/A primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of N/A. Robeson County, NC has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in North Carolina.
Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is home to a population of 106,889 people, from which 97.7% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is composed of 96,613 White residents (90.4%), 5,349 Hispanic residents (5%), 1,664 Black residents (1.56%), 1,516 Two+ residents (1.42%), and 985 Native residents (0.92%). The most common foreign languages in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC are Spanish (4,285 speakers), French (337 speakers), and German (181 speakers), but compared to other places, Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC has a relative high number of Hungarian (92 speakers), French (337 speakers), and Other (30 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC awarded 3,496 degrees. The student population of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is skewed towards females, with 1,332 male students and 2,164 female students. Most students in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC are White (2,874 and 82.2%), followed by Black or African American (171 and 4.89%), Hispanic or Latino (101 and 2.89%), and American Indian (71 and 2.03%). The largest universities in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC by number of graduates are Western Carolina University (2,639 and 75.5%), Southwestern Community College (641 and 18.3%), and Tri-County Community College (216 and 6.18%). The most popular majors in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC are Registered Nursing (199 and 5.69%), Criminal Justice - Safety Studies (168 and 4.81%), and General Psychology (120 and 3.43%). The median tuition costs in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC are N/A for private four year colleges, and $3,893 and $14,286 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is $160,100, which is 0.78 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value decreased from $160,600 to $160,100, a 0.31% increase. The homeownership rate of Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is 72.7%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC have an average commute time of 20.4 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Jackson (South), Macon, Cherokee & Clay Counties PUMA, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.