Poverty Rate in Transylvania County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Transylvania County's poverty rate of 13.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Transylvania County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,578 | Madison County, MO | 13.2% |
| #1,579 | Grand Forks County, ND | 13.2% |
| #1,580 | Huron County, OH | 13.2% |
| #1,581 | Transylvania County, NC | 13.2% |
| #1,582 | St. Louis County, MN | 13.2% |
| #1,583 | Morrow County, OR | 13.2% |
| #1,584 | Coos County, NH | 13.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Transylvania County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 13.2%, ranking #1,581 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 4.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #40 of 100. This places it in the 51th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.