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Cerro Gordo township, Columbus County, NC

3,140 Population
49.6 square miles 63.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,174 ±$4,381 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $26,755 ±$1,411
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,814 ±$12,559 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Columbus County: $48,184 † ±$5,406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11.1% ±7.5% (209  ±146) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbus County: 18.8% † 9,006 (±2.4% / ±1,135)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

37.6 minutes ±8.2 (31,895  ±12,167) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Columbus County: 28.2 514,940 (±1.6 / ±35,553)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

894 ±207 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 19,227 ±415
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.6 (1,878  ±367) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 2.5 47,929 (±0.1 / ±141)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.8% ±10.1% (34  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Columbus County: 4.7% † 481 (±1.4% / ±144)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,040 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,560 ±85
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$120,000 ±$113,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Columbus County: $128,300 ±$9,583
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

17.8% ±3.9% (554  ±137.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Columbus County: 8.1% † 4,024 (±1.3% / ±666.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

79.9% ±9.2% (2,053  ±340.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 86.5% 30,905 (±3.5% / ±1,245.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
8.5% ±4% (218  ±107) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbus County: 15.1% 5,382 (±1.4% / ±510.2)
  • 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

4.6% ±3.8% (143  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Columbus County: 2.2% 1,095
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.8% ±3.3% (190  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,671 (±1% / ±385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
190 Total veterans ±96 190 Male ±96 N/A Female ±14

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