Bryson City is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,525 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bryson City is the 344th largest community in North Carolina.Bryson City is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bryson City is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bryson City who work in food service (12.80%), healthcare (11.53%), and sales jobs (10.97%). One of the benefits of Bryson City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.92 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The percentage of people in Bryson City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.78% of adults in Bryson City have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bryson City in 2022 was $24,001, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,004 for a family of four. However, Bryson City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bryson City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bryson City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bryson City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Bryson City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bryson City include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bryson City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
