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Piney Creek township, Alleghany County, NC

722 Population
28.4 square miles 25.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.6 ±20.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alleghany County: 51.4 ±0.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,412 ±$33,851 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alleghany County: $33,059 † ±$4,268
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$72,688 ±$65,804 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Alleghany County: $44,272 ±$3,954
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

28.4% ±19.6% (205  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alleghany County: 17.4% † 1,907 (±3.9% / ±431)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.5 minutes ±8.6 (7,305  ±4,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alleghany County: 25.8 † 98,745 (±3.7 / ±17,300)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

345 ±103 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 5,049 ±242
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.9 (711  ±208) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alleghany County: 2.2 10,860 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

27.1% ±33% (26  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Alleghany County: 8.5% † 167 (±3.7% / ±73)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

769 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,752 ±16
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$268,100 ±$86,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alleghany County: $199,000 ±$19,112
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.1% ±5% (57  ±39.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 9.7% † 1,064 (±2.8% / ±311.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

80.7% ±1.5% (457  ±127) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alleghany County: 83.1% 7,163 (±6% / ±521.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.9% ±11.2% (135  ±73.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 22.8% † 1,967 (±3.5% / ±305.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

14.4% ±10.1% (104  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Alleghany County: 6.1% 671
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.1% ±6.4% (48  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 8.2% † 760 (±1.7% / ±153)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
48 Total veterans ±40 48 Male ±40 N/A Female ±14

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