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Polk County, NC

19,689 Population
237.7 square miles 82.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,444 ±$2,744 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$61,005 ±$5,732 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.7% ±2.9% (2,643  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

27.6 minutes ±1.7 (206,130  ±18,136) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,727 ±219 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (19,341  ±12) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.9% ±2% (97  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,949 ±28 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$281,100 ±$17,038 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.1% ±2.3% (2,183  ±455.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.9% ±4.6% (14,301  ±718.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
32.9% ±2.8% (5,122  ±429.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% (864  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.8% ±1.4% (1,462  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,462 Total veterans ±224 1,388 Male ±212 74 Female ±40

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