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Transylvania County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 68 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37175

Within North Carolina
Transylvania County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Brevard, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
34,211
+956 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
378.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
90.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brevard
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Brevard city
Population 8,098.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Transylvania County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Transylvania County, North Carolina from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 798 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Transylvania County ranks

Position among the 100 counties of North Carolina, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North CarolinaNationally
Population34,21168th of 1001,335th of 3,144
Land area378.4 sq mi69th of 1002,609th of 3,144
Population density90.4 per sq mi61st of 100989th of 3,144
Median household income$66,18434th of 1001,513th of 3,143

Full data for Transylvania County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,211Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,255Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?32,988Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area378.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area380.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?90.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,184American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$373,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,584American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,266American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-241
243 births, 484 deaths
Net migration
+244
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Transylvania County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Jackson CountyNorth Carolina27 mi45,039
Henderson CountyNorth Carolina24 mi122,375
Greenville CountySouth Carolina20 mi583,125
Haywood CountyNorth Carolina16 mi63,369
Pickens CountySouth Carolina10 mi139,198
Oconee CountySouth Carolina6.6 mi83,775
Buncombe CountyNorth Carolinaa single point277,417

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 100 counties of North Carolina

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.