With 3,175 people, Lake Junaluska is a city in North Carolina. The median age is 46.8, about 8 years above the US median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 55% of adults have a four-year degree. Getting to work takes 14 minutes on average. The foreign-born share is 2%. 75% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,165, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.8
US median: 38.9
More educated
55% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 59%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lake Junaluska
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree29.1% → 55.0%(+25.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share97.4% → 88.5%(−8.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$191,525 → $389,200(+103%)US over the same years: +67%
Lake Junaluska's population equals 5.1% of Haywood County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 10.0% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 9.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.8%(20)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era57.2%(147)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.3%(24)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II5.1%(13)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 257 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lake Junaluska, decade by decade
Lake Junaluska population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,421
$64,413
$191,525
29.1%
6.4
2000
2,675
$85,494
$245,195
39.6%
6.0
2010
2,734
$70,714
$344,969
38.4%
8.2
2020
3,219
$89,013
$300,586
40.7%
18.8
2024
3,175
$66,165
$389,200
55.0%
26.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
