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Smoky Creek township, Burke County, NC

579 Population
9.6 square miles 60.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±18.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,740 ±$5,527 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Burke County: $31,184 ±$1,306
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,958 ±$33,545 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Burke County: $55,684 ±$3,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

19.2% ±23.1% (111  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 17.9% † 15,326 (±2% / ±1,724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

34.4 minutes ±20.5 (6,870  ±6,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Burke County: 23.5 870,855 (±1 / ±45,366)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

249 ±119 Number of households
  • Burke County: 35,873 ±506
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.6 (579  ±319) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Burke County: 2.4 85,084 (±0 / ±81)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

294 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Burke County: 40,058 ±54
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$117,000 ±$17,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Burke County: $170,500 ±$6,243
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

4% ±7.2% (23  ±43.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 9.4% † 8,193 (±1.4% / ±1,219)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.2% ±58.2% (354  ±137) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 85.1% 55,000 (±2.8% / ±1,822.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
8.2% ±10.6% (31  ±42.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 20.2% 13,033 (±1.4% / ±893.1)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

17.3% ±10.7% (78  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,574 (±0.7% / ±523)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
78 Total veterans ±61 78 Male ±61 N/A Female ±14

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