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Falling Creek township, Lenoir County, NC

6,234 Population
30.8 square miles 202.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±6.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lenoir County: 42.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,811 ±$4,631 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lenoir County: $28,409 ±$1,635
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$46,829 ±$8,486 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lenoir County: $44,795 ±$2,264
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.6% ±4.1% (838  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lenoir County: 22.5% 12,100 (±2.2% / ±1,164)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.3 minutes ±4.1 (56,225  ±14,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lenoir County: 24.2 522,745 (±1.2 / ±32,144)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,709 ±277 Number of households
  • Lenoir County: 22,930 ±519
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (6,185  ±884) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lenoir County: 2.3 53,692 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.2% ±3.9% (69  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lenoir County: 8.5% † 997 (±2% / ±234)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,903 ±249 Number of housing units
  • Lenoir County: 26,767 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$158,000 ±$9,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lenoir County: $111,400 ±$5,370
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.5% ±2.6% (338  ±168.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lenoir County: 10% † 5,413 (±1.6% / ±876.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.4% ±14.9% (3,924  ±464) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lenoir County: 82.5% 31,465 (±3.5% / ±1,320.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.9% ±3.7% (960  ±209.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lenoir County: 15.8% 6,032 (±1.5% / ±587.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.5% ±2.2% (282  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lenoir County: 4.2% 2,328
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.2% ±3.7% (504  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lenoir County: 8.8% † 3,716 (±1.1% / ±463)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
504 Total veterans ±195 409 Male ±152 95 Female ±89

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