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Cape Fear township, Chatham County, NC

1,343 Population
50.2 square miles 26.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±10.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Chatham County: 47.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,983 ±$14,320 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chatham County: $56,724 ±$3,570
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$115,043 ±$85,966 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Chatham County: $88,534 ±$5,894
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.6% ±14.4% (182  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chatham County: 10.5% † 8,111 (±1.7% / ±1,339)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.3 minutes ±21.6 (12,100  ±6,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Chatham County: 27.1 775,110 (±0.5 / ±37,049)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

463 ±153 Number of households
  • Chatham County: 32,253 ±379
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.5 (1,343  ±497) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chatham County: 2.4 77,604 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

19.5% ±20.4% (50  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Chatham County: 6.5% † 1,023 (±2.4% / ±372)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

549 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Chatham County: 35,013 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$334,200 ±$117,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chatham County: $397,800 ±$19,652
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.3% ±36.7% (675  ±187) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chatham County: 90.4% 52,154 (±3.1% / ±1,828.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
50.4% ±11.8% (399  ±161) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chatham County: 48% 27,697 (±2.2% / ±1,255.5)
  • about 1.5 times 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

8.5% ±10.6% (114  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chatham County: 10.7% 8,344
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.2% ±5.9% (102  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chatham County: 7% † 4,387 (±0.8% / ±480)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
102 Total veterans ±64 90 Male ±60 12 Female ±19

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