The population of Macon county is estimated at 34,309. In 2017 there were 347 births and 435 deaths in Macon county. Macon county has 6,325 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,959 that are owned free and clear and 3,307 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Macon County filed 15,740 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all North Carolina filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Macon had a combined total federal tax liability of $130,499,000 on earned income of $844,271,000. Other notable statistics from Macon County were 320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $793,000 and 2,790 charitable contributions valued at $26,842,000. 3,050 filings from Macon County paid a combined total of $6,835,000 in property taxes and 2,450 filings paid $18,476,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Macon county had 107 religious congregations with an estimated 22,713 members.
22.2% of the Macon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Macon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 586 votes.
At $42,456 the median income is 80.4% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 718 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Macon, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Macon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,757	Retail trade
1,546	Health care and social assistance
1,194	Accommodation and food services
1,012	Food services and drinking places
676	Manufacturing
597	Full-service restaurants
506	Information
389	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
363	Finance and insurance
354	Other services (except public administration)
352	Food and beverage stores
345	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
332	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
332	Grocery stores
303	General merchandise stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.79% in Macon County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 28734 and 28741).

In 2018 6.33% of listings in Macon County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 28763, 28781, 28734 and 28741) dropped their price.

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