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Upper Creek township, Burke County, NC

1,273 Population
83 square miles 15.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±22.6 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

$32,210 ±$10,304 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Burke County: $31,184 ±$1,306
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$63,880 ±$16,581 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $55,684 ±$3,343
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

14.7% ±15.2% (187  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Burke County: 17.9% † 15,326 (±2% / ±1,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.3 minutes ±10.9 (16,235  ±10,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Burke County: 23.5 870,855 (±1 / ±45,366)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

545 ±183 Number of households
  • Burke County: 35,873 ±506
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (1,273  ±462) 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

655 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Burke County: 40,058 ±54
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$171,200 ±$129,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Burke County: $170,500 ±$6,243
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.8% ±10.6% (176  ±148.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 9.4% † 8,193 (±1.4% / ±1,219)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.7% ±47.8% (717  ±266.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Burke County: 85.1% 55,000 (±2.8% / ±1,822.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
27.2% ±14.9% (228  ±156.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Burke County: 20.2% 13,033 (±1.4% / ±893.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

2% ±3.1% (26  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 5.6% 4,904
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

1.5% ±2.6% (17  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,574 (±0.7% / ±523)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
17 Total veterans ±29 17 Male ±29 N/A Female ±14

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