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Taylorsville township, Alexander County, NC

11,219 Population
37 square miles 303.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexander County: 43.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,985 ±$2,774 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alexander County: $32,565 ±$2,697
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,065 ±$6,554 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alexander County: $65,268 ±$5,441
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.5% ±5.6% (1,605  ±574) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alexander County: 12.1% † 4,204 (±2.5% / ±859)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.3 minutes ±2.5 (114,715  ±18,847) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alexander County: 27.7 407,440 (±1.9 / ±34,003)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,835 ±334 Number of households
  • Alexander County: 13,895 ±293
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.2 (9,731  ±1,025) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alexander County: 2.5 34,920 (±0.1 / ±95)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.4% ±3% (78  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 3.9% † 293 (±1.8% / ±133)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,610 ±324 Number of housing units
  • Alexander County: 16,126 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$172,900 ±$20,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alexander County: $190,000 ±$11,277
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.1% ±1.9% (1,015  ±235.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alexander County: 8.2% † 2,971 (±2% / ±739.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.3% ±4.2% (6,536  ±666.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alexander County: 85.6% 22,590 (±4.2% / ±1,124.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
12.8% ±3% (1,017  ±251.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 15.4% † 4,067 (±1.9% / ±500.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

1.7% ±0.9% (194  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alexander County: 2.5% 926
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.3% ±2.3% (653  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Alexander County: 7.1% † 2,086 (±1% / ±290)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
653 Total veterans ±214 638 Male ±206 15 Female ±24

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