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Nebo township, McDowell County, NC

3,976 Population
26.9 square miles 147.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±13.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 44.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,023 ±$5,890 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in McDowell County: $29,555 ±$1,487
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,833 ±$21,184 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in McDowell County: $55,527 ±$3,603
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.1% ±5% (482  ±220) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 14% † 6,057 (±1.7% / ±731)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.8 minutes ±3.8 (38,150  ±10,961) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in McDowell County: 24.9 431,290 (±1.3 / ±26,782)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,512 ±300 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 18,445 ±450
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0 (3,927  ±782) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McDowell County: 2.3 43,218 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.7% ±8.2% (43  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 6.2% † 579 (±2.5% / ±230)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,846 ±302 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 21,475 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$119,500 ±$28,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McDowell County: $168,300 ±$12,433
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.1% ±10.5% (555  ±427.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McDowell County: 10.2% † 4,534 (±1.9% / ±836)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.2% ±20.8% (2,255  ±380.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDowell County: 86.1% 28,151 (±3.8% / ±1,265.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.4% ±5.2% (476  ±167.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 17.6% † 5,739 (±1.9% / ±606)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±1.4% (32  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in McDowell County: 3.9% 1,718
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.6% ±5.2% (264  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 7.8% † 2,778 (±1% / ±356)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
264 Total veterans ±166 251 Male ±163 13 Female ±24

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