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Dysartsville township, McDowell County, NC

3,380 Population
39.8 square miles 85 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in McDowell County: 44.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,618 ±$11,075 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in McDowell County: $29,555 ±$1,487
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$72,465 ±$5,603 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in McDowell County: $55,527 ±$3,603
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.7% ±4.9% (286  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 14% † 6,057 (±1.7% / ±731)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31 minutes ±3.4 (42,430  ±12,483) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in McDowell County: 24.9 431,290 (±1.3 / ±26,782)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,307 ±186 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 18,445 ±450
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (3,233  ±600) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in McDowell County: 2.3 43,218 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.7% ±3.1% (13  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in McDowell County: 6.2% † 579 (±2.5% / ±230)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,569 ±200 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 21,475 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$194,100 ±$41,209 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $168,300 ±$12,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.3% ±8.1% (448  ±285.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in McDowell County: 10.2% † 4,534 (±1.9% / ±836)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88% ±4% (2,228  ±338.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 86.1% 28,151 (±3.8% / ±1,265.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.4% ±6.1% (492  ±170.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 17.6% † 5,739 (±1.9% / ±606)
  • 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

1.2% ±1.4% (39  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in McDowell County: 3.9% 1,718
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.6% ±3.1% (217  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 7.8% † 2,778 (±1% / ±356)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
217 Total veterans ±96 210 Male ±97 7 Female ±13

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