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Cajah's Mountain town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Cajah's Mountain town is a Census town of 2,704 people across 3.39 square miles of land, in Caldwell County. Median household income is $53,361, 75.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Cajah's Mountain
What Cajah's Mountain is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.39 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land798
- County holding the largest share of its areaCaldwell County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Cajah's Mountain
- Population2,704
- Median age40.3
- Population under 18606 plus or minus 182
- Share under 1822.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over419 plus or minus 97
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households857
- Family households645
- Share of households that are families75.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Cajah's Mountain
- Median household income$53,361
- Per capita income$23,061
- Civilian labor force1,373
- Employed1,248
- Unemployed125 plus or minus 88
- Unemployment rate9.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over1,859
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.4 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Cajah's Mountain
- Housing units922
- Occupied units857
- Vacant units65 plus or minus 60
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied645
- Renter occupied212 plus or minus 72
- Ownership rate75.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$201,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$729
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent
- Single family units793
- Share single family86.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more112 plus or minus 61
- Share in buildings of two or more12.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Cajah's Mountain gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,196
- Commuting under 15 minutes371 plus or minus 128
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.0 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more366 plus or minus 152
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.6 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone84.0 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home3.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cajah's Mountain
Flood risk in Cajah's Mountain
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370452
- Currently effective map date07/07/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Caldwell County, not Cajah's Mountain
Caldwell County context, not Cajah's Mountain figures
These are Caldwell County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cajah's Mountain measurements.
- Establishments in Caldwell County1,414
- Employment at those establishments, Caldwell County23,930
- Covered employment, Caldwell County25,506
- Average annual pay, Caldwell County$50,605
- Average weekly wage, Caldwell County$973
- Housing units permitted, Caldwell County224
- Of those, single family, Caldwell County224
- County product, 2024, Caldwell County$3,307,968,000
- County product change over the prior year, Caldwell County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Caldwell County$60,364
Every figure in this section is published for Caldwell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cajah's Mountain. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cajah's Mountain questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cajah's Mountain, North Carolina?
2,704, in 857 households. Cajah's Mountain town covers 3.39 square miles of land, which is 798 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cajah's Mountain in?
Caldwell County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cajah's Mountain?
$53,361. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $201,800. Median gross rent is $729 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Cajah's Mountain in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Cajah's Mountain appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370452, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Cajah's Mountain figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Caldwell County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cajah's Mountain.
Is zoning published for Cajah's Mountain?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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