34,103 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.5% since 2020)
378 square miles of land · 90 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
20 active community water systems list Transylvania County in the area they serve, reporting 18,766 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BREVARD, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0188010 | 11,336 served |
| CONNESTEE FALLS groundwater · private · NC0188104 | 3,532 served |
| SAPPHIRE LAKES DEVELOPMENT groundwater · private · NC0188127 | 724 served |
| SHERWOOD FOREST WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · NC0188116 | 680 served |
| ROSMAN, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · NC0188115 | 650 served |
| THE WILDS CAMP groundwater · private · NC0188428 | 450 served |
| KNOB CREEK WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · NC0188120 | 445 served |
| TURKEY PEN MHP groundwater · private · NC0188118 | 229 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 56 people were held in Transylvania County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 302 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 83.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Transylvania County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $48.7 million — $47.4 million to run schools, about $14,323 per student, plus $841,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.2 million local (mostly property tax), $28.1 million state, $7.8 million federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Transylvania County about $17.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
159 bridges in Transylvania County: 63 in good condition, 69 fair, and 27 poor (17.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US64 over ABANDONED SOUTHERN RR · built 1966 | 12,000 vehicles a day |
| US64 EBL over DAVIDSON RIVER · built 1957 | 11,250 vehicles a day |
| US64 over GASH CREEK · built 1952 | 8,400 vehicles a day |
| SR1540 over WILLIAMSON CREEK · built 1976 | 4,000 vehicles a day |
| SR1533 over FRENCH BROAD RIVER · built 1958 | 2,800 vehicles a day |
| SR1592 over LAMB CREEK · built 1971 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.9 million of work in Transylvania County in fiscal 2025, about $362 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Jackson County (18 mi) · Henderson County (21 mi) · Pickens County, SC (23 mi) · Haywood County (26 mi) · Buncombe County (32 mi) · Greenville County, SC (33 mi).