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Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, NC

9,125 Population
77 square miles 118.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Currituck County: 41.6 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,815 ±$3,883 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Currituck County: $46,003 ±$2,467
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,275 ±$7,908 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Currituck County: $93,511 ±$8,425
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±2.6% (635  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Currituck County: 7.5% † 2,281 (±1.8% / ±551)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.5 minutes ±2.7 (126,745  ±17,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Currituck County: 35.5 504,750 (±1.8 / ±31,747)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,135 ±260 Number of households
  • Currituck County: 11,845 ±295
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (9,115  ±540) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Currituck County: 2.6 30,524 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±3.1% (71  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Currituck County: 6.7% † 438 (±3.5% / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,351 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Currituck County: 17,079 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$363,300 ±$23,559 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Currituck County: $378,800 ±$11,709
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±2.6% (707  ±239.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Currituck County: 10.9% † 3,314 (±2.5% / ±755.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±5.9% (6,662  ±557.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Currituck County: 93.2% 20,466 (±4.5% / ±996.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35% ±4.8% (2,546  ±376.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Currituck County: 30.9% 6,783 (±2.5% / ±541.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±1.5% (369  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Currituck County: 3.4% 1,028
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.6% ±3.6% (1,036  ±282) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Currituck County: 15.3% † 3,574 (±1.8% / ±414)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,036 Total veterans ±282 846 Male ±258 190 Female ±115

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