The population of Transylvania county is estimated at 33,471. In 2017 there were 266 births and 410 deaths in Transylvania county. Transylvania county has 5,696 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,177 that are owned free and clear and 3,521 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Transylvania County filed 14,580 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all North Carolina filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Transylvania had a combined total federal tax liability of $109,851,000 on earned income of $792,370,000. Other notable statistics from Transylvania County were 170 unemployment claims which collected a total of $519,000 and 3,290 charitable contributions valued at $22,515,000. 3,500 filings from Transylvania County paid a combined total of $9,780,000 in property taxes and 2,600 filings paid $19,122,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Transylvania county had 65 religious congregations with an estimated 17,485 members.
29.9% of the Transylvania population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 52% of Transylvania County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 971 votes.
At $47,587 the median income is 90.1% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 620 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Transylvania, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Transylvania County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,589	Health care and social assistance
1,352	Retail trade
1,106	Accommodation and food services
827	Food services and drinking places
703	Restaurants and other eating places
555	Nursing and residential care facilities
440	Manufacturing
390	Food and beverage stores
382	Grocery stores
347	Full-service restaurants
323	Limited-service restaurants
279	Accommodation
248	Other services (except public administration)
244	Ambulatory health care services
223	Department stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.90% in Transylvania County.

In 2018 10.44% of listings in Transylvania County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 28712, 28768 and 28747) dropped their price.

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