Saluda vs Tryon

A side-by-side comparison of Saluda and Tryon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tryon has the higher population (1,713 vs 676 in Saluda). Saluda has the higher median household income ($52,946 vs $47,604 in Tryon). Saluda has the higher median home value ($321,000 vs $222,700 in Tryon).

Population, income & housing

	Saluda	Tryon
Population	676	1,713
Median age	60.0 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,946	$47,604
Median home value	$321,000	$222,700
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,231
Housing units	524	1,045
Homeownership rate	85.1%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saluda	Tryon
Population	891 → 676 (-24.1%)	1,482 → 1,713 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$48,375 → $52,946 (+9.4%)	$50,133 → $47,604 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$259,500 → $321,000 (+23.7%)	$198,300 → $222,700 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,339 (+34.7%)	$1,138 → $1,231 (+8.2%)

Saluda

Population

891676

Median household income

$48,375$52,946

Median home value

$259,500$321,000

Median gross rent

$994$1,339

Tryon

Population

1,4821,713

Median household income

$50,133$47,604

Median home value

$198,300$222,700

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saluda	Tryon
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	2.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	23.4%	9.8%
75 and over	20.0%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saluda	Tryon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saluda	Tryon
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	22.1%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saluda	Tryon
Drove alone	64.1%	62.2%
Carpooled	16.7%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	11.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saluda	Tryon
1-unit, detached	90.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Saluda	Tryon
Poverty rate	18.8%	28.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1966	1970