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Butterwood township, Halifax County, NC

959 Population
31.8 square miles 30.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±24.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Halifax County: 43.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$17,026 ±$8,926 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Halifax County: $26,951 ±$1,439
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$20,440 ±$10,636 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Halifax County: $45,071 ±$3,222
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

67.5% ±34% (647  ±453) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Halifax County: 25.2% † 11,826 (±2.8% / ±1,317)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.5 minutes ±6.2 (5,270  ±4,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Halifax County: 24.4 399,565 (±1.1 / ±26,718)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

411 ±151 Number of households
  • Halifax County: 20,269 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.7 (959  ±466) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Halifax County: 2.3 47,017 (±0.1 / ±88)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

24% ±23% (42  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Halifax County: 4.9% † 478 (±1.5% / ±142)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

442 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Halifax County: 24,849 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

7.1% ±9% (65  ±88.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Halifax County: 10.6% † 5,050 (±1.7% / ±816.5)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

69.2% ±5.8% (339  ±125.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Halifax County: 80.9% 27,909 (±3.3% / ±1,125.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
12% ±9.7% (59  ±52) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Halifax County: 15.5% † 5,332 (±1.6% / ±554.7)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.7% ±5.6% (69  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Halifax County: 6.1% † 2,318 (±0.7% / ±265)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
69 Total veterans ±42 64 Male ±42 5 Female ±10

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