Cashiers vs Cullowhee

A side-by-side comparison of Cashiers and Cullowhee: population, income, housing, and more.

Cashiers and Cullowhee are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cullowhee has the higher population (7,300 vs 825 in Cashiers). Cashiers has the higher median household income ($73,455 vs $35,076 in Cullowhee). Since 2019, Cashiers's population has grown faster (+502.2% vs +14.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
Population	825	7,300
Median age	60.0 yrs	20.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,455	$35,076
Median home value	$360,000	—
Median gross rent	—	$836
Housing units	805	2,267
Homeownership rate	77.5%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
Population	137 → 825 (+502.2%)	6,377 → 7,300 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $73,455 (-21.6%)	$31,993 → $35,076 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$217,200 → $360,000 (+65.7%)	$230,300 → $376,600 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $885 (+15.7%)	$658 → $836 (+27.1%)

Cashiers

Population

137825

Median household income

$93,750$73,455

Median home value

$217,200$360,000

Median gross rent

$765$885

Cullowhee

Population

6,3777,300

Median household income

$31,993$35,076

Median home value

$230,300$376,600

Median gross rent

$658$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
Under 5	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	4.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	77.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	2.6%
45 to 54	5.2%	1.2%
55 to 64	20.8%	3.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	1.0%
75 and over	14.2%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	12.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	49.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
Drove alone	91.4%	70.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
1-unit, detached	94.7%	12.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.2%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Cashiers	Cullowhee
Poverty rate	0.0%	51.3%
Average household size	2.06	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1988	2004