The state calls Transylvania a Tier 3 county -- or one of the 20 most prosperous in North Carolina -- a designation that unfairly hampers county efforts to secure state funding, leaders say.
Thanks Dan. Great story. "The rankings do not include average wages; in 2019, these were the 20th lowest in the state, which put Transylvania squarely in the realm of Tier 1 counties. Nor does it account for child poverty rates, Laughter wrote. That was 24 percent in Transylvania, compared to 18 percent in much larger Buncombe County." Completely unacceptable.We need to ask why these rates are so low and what to do to reverse them.
Thanks Dan. Great story. "The rankings do not include average wages; in 2019, these were the 20th lowest in the state, which put Transylvania squarely in the realm of Tier 1 counties. Nor does it account for child poverty rates, Laughter wrote. That was 24 percent in Transylvania, compared to 18 percent in much larger Buncombe County." Completely unacceptable.We need to ask why these rates are so low and what to do to reverse them.