Transylvania County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,516 87.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,753 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,201 3.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 229 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 790 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 142 0.4%

• Under 18 5,273 15.7%
• 18–24 2,501 7.4%
• 25–44 6,734 20.0%
• 45–64 8,757 26.0%
• 65 and over 10,426 30.9%

Median household income

$71,679

90% interval $65,514–$77,844

−$2,376 vs NC · 27th of 100

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 9.5%–14.5%

−0.6 pp vs NC · 77th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,720

Establishments

1,215

• Education & health services 2,571 26.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,729 17.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,522 15.6%
• Professional & business services 840 8.6%
• Construction 789 8.1%
• Public administration 764 7.8%
• Manufacturing 668 6.9%
• Financial activities 389 4.0%
• Other services 344 3.5%
• Information 103 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 30 0.3%

Home ownership

74.7%

+8.1 pp vs NC · 39th of 100

Median gross rent

$967

−$261 vs NC · 42nd of 100

Owner-occupied

10,889

Renter-occupied

3,695

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $84,725/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,693/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 11,492 55.5%
• Democratic 8,972 43.3%
• Other / third-party 242 1.2%

• Spanish 594 1.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 91 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 43 0.1%
• Chinese 33 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 26 0.1%
• Arabic 7 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%

Households

14,584

Family households

9,208

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,740

18.9% of families

Single-mother families

606

6.6% of families

Veterans

2,785

9.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,491 34.8%
• Mainline Protestant 3,023 9.2%
• Catholic 2,155 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 892 2.7%
• Black Protestant 180 0.5%

Health insured

88.7%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±2.1 pp

30th of 100

With a disability

16.1%

±1.8 pp

59th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

40.0%

±3.1 pp

+4.3 pp vs NC · 12th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.0%–11.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

42nd Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

1 (Superior Court judges per primary district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 nccourts.gov; counts cross-checked against N.C.G.S. § 7A-41.1. Where an urban county (Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth) is statutorily split into multiple Superior Court districts, all sub-district seats are aggregated under the primary district number used in counties.json. ~109 Superior Court judgeships statewide.)

Court seats

Brevard, Columbus, Hendersonville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

14.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3