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Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, NC

8,695 Population
77 square miles 112.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Currituck County: 41.7 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,199 ±$4,511 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Currituck County: $44,165 ±$2,362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,348 ±$5,542 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Currituck County: $91,548 ±$8,181
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

7.8% ±3.6% (676  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Currituck County: 7.6% † 2,248 (±1.9% / ±556)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

33.1 minutes ±3 (132,115  ±18,912) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Currituck County: 36.2 499,795 (±1.9 / ±33,931)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,958 ±270 Number of households
  • Currituck County: 11,497 ±281
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (8,684  ±560) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Currituck County: 2.6 29,520 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.7% ±2.4% (41  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Currituck County: 6.7% † 418 (±3.4% / ±211)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,124 ±312 Number of housing units
  • Currituck County: 16,636 ±26
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$343,700 ±$24,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Currituck County: $351,200 ±$13,422
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9% ±2.7% (779  ±241.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Currituck County: 11.6% † 3,412 (±3% / ±866.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.9% ±5.7% (6,280  ±543.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Currituck County: 93.9% 19,991 (±4.6% / ±989.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
32.8% ±4.5% (2,240  ±336.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Currituck County: 29.3% 6,235 (±2.3% / ±497.5)
  • a little less than 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

3.1% ±1.1% (266  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Currituck County: 2.7% 784
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

16.2% ±3.6% (1,152  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Currituck County: 16.2% † 3,655 (±1.6% / ±367)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,152 Total veterans ±264 924 Male ±239 228 Female ±139

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