Cashiers vs Dillsboro

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

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

Cashiers has the higher population (825 vs 215 in Dillsboro). Cashiers has the higher median household income ($73,455 vs $45,833 in Dillsboro). Cashiers has the higher median home value ($360,000 vs $225,000 in Dillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
Population	825	215
Median age	60.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,455	$45,833
Median home value	$360,000	$225,000
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	805	162
Homeownership rate	77.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
Population	137 → 825 (+502.2%)	213 → 215 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $73,455 (-21.6%)	$36,250 → $45,833 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$217,200 → $360,000 (+65.7%)	$182,400 → $225,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $885 (+15.7%)	$730 → $783 (+7.3%)

Cashiers

Population

137825

Median household income

$93,750$73,455

Median home value

$217,200$360,000

Median gross rent

$765$885

Dillsboro

Population

213215

Median household income

$36,250$45,833

Median home value

$182,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$730$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	20.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	16.3%
75 and over	14.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	12.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	49.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
Drove alone	91.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
1-unit, detached	94.7%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cashiers	Dillsboro
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.06	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1988	1993