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Howards Creek township, Lincoln County, NC

9,796 Population
65.3 square miles 150 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 44.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,867 ±$3,253 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $44,098 ±$2,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,000 ±$11,192 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $80,016 ±$4,599
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±4.8% (988  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 11.3% † 10,332 (±1.8% / ±1,691)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.2 minutes ±5.5 (143,330  ±31,527) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 29.3 1,096,385 (±1.1 / ±56,382)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,730 ±390 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 36,811 ±527
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (9,793  ±904) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.5 92,019 (±0 / ±32)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,991 ±412 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 39,504 ±90
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,100 ±$36,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lincoln County: $321,000 ±$13,100
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±2.7% (572  ±265.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lincoln County: 9.7% † 8,881 (±1.4% / ±1,323.5)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±3.8% (5,809  ±604.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 89.6% 59,899 (±3.1% / ±2,072.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±3.4% (1,306  ±260.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lincoln County: 28.3% 18,925 (±1.8% / ±1,183.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

3.8% ±1.9% (370  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lincoln County: 5.5% 5,075
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.3% (529  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 6.5% † 4,741 (±0.8% / ±567)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
529 Total veterans ±179 468 Male ±166 61 Female ±45

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