Cullowhee vs Dillsboro

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

Cullowhee and Dillsboro 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 215 in Dillsboro). Dillsboro has the higher median household income ($45,833 vs $35,076 in Cullowhee). Since 2019, Cullowhee's population has grown faster (+14.5% vs +0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
Population	7,300	215
Median age	20.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,076	$45,833
Median home value	—	$225,000
Median gross rent	$836	$783
Housing units	2,267	162
Homeownership rate	7.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
Population	6,377 → 7,300 (+14.5%)	213 → 215 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$31,993 → $35,076 (+9.6%)	$36,250 → $45,833 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$230,300 → $376,600 (+63.5%)	$182,400 → $225,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $836 (+27.1%)	$730 → $783 (+7.3%)

Cullowhee

Population

6,3777,300

Median household income

$31,993$35,076

Median home value

$230,300$376,600

Median gross rent

$658$836

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)

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
Under 5	0.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	4.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	77.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	2.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	1.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	3.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	1.0%	16.3%
75 and over	0.6%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	73.5%
Black or African American	7.4%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	4.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	36.6%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
Drove alone	70.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.4%
Other means	3.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
1-unit, detached	12.8%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	32.2%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cullowhee	Dillsboro
Poverty rate	51.3%	18.6%
Average household size	1.97	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	2004	1993