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Merry Hill township, Bertie County, NC

533 Population
69.9 square miles 7.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.9 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Bertie County: 46.6 ±0.9
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,064 ±$15,928 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bertie County: $28,769 ±$2,580
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,689 ±$5,919 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bertie County: $48,750 † ±$8,791
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±15.9% (110  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bertie County: 16.1% † 2,525 (±4.2% / ±654)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±7 (4,780  ±3,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bertie County: 24.7 148,850 (±2.2 / ±17,232)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

281 ±121 Number of households
  • Bertie County: 7,143 ±318
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±1.1 (533  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bertie County: 2.2 15,633 (±0.1 / ±84)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

652 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Bertie County: 8,984 ±49
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,500 ±$63,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bertie County: $98,500 † ±$11,907
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.6% ±6.5% (14  ±34.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bertie County: 9.5% † 1,620 (±2.3% / ±392.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

69.3% ±9.4% (328  ±141) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bertie County: 81.8% 10,699 (±5.1% / ±674.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.9% ±9.5% (75  ±54.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bertie County: 19% † 2,483 (±2.8% / ±363.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

14.6% ±17.2% (75  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Bertie County: 5.8% † 833 (±1.7% / ±249)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
75 Total veterans ±93 75 Male ±93 N/A Female ±14

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