Cajah's Mountain vs Sawmills

A side-by-side comparison of Cajah's Mountain and Sawmills: population, income, housing, and more.

Cajah's Mountain and Sawmills are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sawmills has the higher population (5,027 vs 2,696 in Cajah's Mountain). Sawmills has the higher median household income ($56,534 vs $53,714 in Cajah's Mountain). Sawmills has the higher median home value ($180,500 vs $175,900 in Cajah's Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
Population	2,696	5,027
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$56,534
Median home value	$175,900	$180,500
Median gross rent	$677	$719
Housing units	1,012	2,390
Homeownership rate	76.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
Population	2,735 → 2,696 (-1.4%)	5,165 → 5,027 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$44,452 → $53,714 (+20.8%)	$52,951 → $56,534 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $175,900 (+33.7%)	$108,300 → $180,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $677 (+14.9%)	$674 → $719 (+6.7%)

Cajah's Mountain

Population

2,7352,696

Median household income

$44,452$53,714

Median home value

$131,600$175,900

Median gross rent

$589$677

Sawmills

Population

5,1655,027

Median household income

$52,951$56,534

Median home value

$108,300$180,500

Median gross rent

$674$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
Under 5	5.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.9%
75 and over	6.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
No high school diploma	18.0%	19.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
Drove alone	84.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.2%
Other means	1.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
1-unit, detached	88.1%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Cajah's Mountain	Sawmills
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.85	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1974	1989