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Moving to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina

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Population: 2,675
Males: 1,242 (46.4%), Females: 1,433 (53.6%)

Haywood County

Zip code: 28745

Demographics

Median resident age: 50.4 years
Median household income: $46,932
Median house value: $145,900

Population by Race

Races in Lake Junaluska:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
  • Hispanic (1.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.5%)

Ancestries: English (18.3%), United States (17.6%), Scotch-Irish (12.4%), German (11.4%), Irish (11.1%), Dutch (2.4%).

Elevation: 3540 feet

Land area: 5.5 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Lake Junaluska

  • High school or higher: 87.3%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 39.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 19.0%
  • Unemployed: 3.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lake Junaluska CDP

  • Never married: 13.3%
  • Now married: 67.2%
  • Separated: 1.4%
  • Widowed: 9.5%
  • Divorced: 8.5%

1.8% Foreign born

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers near Lake Junaluska:

  • HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; CLYDE, NC)
  • HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC (about 20 miles; SYLVA, NC)
  • US PHS INDIAN HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; CHEROKEE, NC)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lake Junaluska:

  • ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 32 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; Abbreviation: AVL)
  • DONALDSON CENTER (about 69 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Abbreviation: GYH)
  • GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 69 miles; GREER, SC; Abbreviation: GSP)

Other public-use airports nearest to Lake Junaluska:

  • MEYERS (about 17 miles; CANDLER, NC; Abbreviation: N39)
  • JACKSON COUNTY (about 22 miles; SYLVA, NC; Abbreviation: 24A)
  • TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY (about 30 miles; BREVARD, NC; Abbreviation: 22W)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lake Junaluska:

  • WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; CULLOWHEE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 5,843)
  • ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,728)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 30 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,759)
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 3,893)
  • CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; CLEMSON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 15,962)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 54 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,073)
  • FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,915)

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