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Morganton township, Burke County, NC

28,264 Population
59.7 square miles 473.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,701 ±$2,000 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Burke County: $31,184 ±$1,306
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$52,200 ±$4,110 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Burke County: $55,684 ±$3,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

24.4% ±4.6% (6,431  ±1,254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Burke County: 17.9% † 15,326 (±2% / ±1,724)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.5 minutes ±1.3 (227,690  ±23,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burke County: 23.5 870,855 (±1 / ±45,366)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

10,810 ±526 Number of households
  • Burke County: 35,873 ±506
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (26,043  ±1,257) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Burke County: 2.4 85,084 (±0 / ±81)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.2% ±3.1% (408  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 6% † 1,054 (±1.4% / ±256)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

11,916 ±529 Number of housing units
  • Burke County: 40,058 ±54
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$185,600 ±$16,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $170,500 ±$6,243
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.9% ±3% (3,629  ±843.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Burke County: 9.4% † 8,193 (±1.4% / ±1,219)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

80.9% ±2.4% (15,962  ±1,019.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Burke County: 85.1% 55,000 (±2.8% / ±1,822.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.7% ±2.1% (3,885  ±465.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Burke County: 20.2% 13,033 (±1.4% / ±893.1)
  • about three-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

9.1% ±1.6% (2,573  ±469) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 5.6% 4,904
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.8% ±1.4% (1,294  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,574 (±0.7% / ±523)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,294 Total veterans ±309 1,208 Male ±274 86 Female ±79

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