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Township 3, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, NC

21,863 Population
17.4 square miles 1,258.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 35.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,997 ±$5,094 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $53,295 ±$732
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$146,167 ±$13,410 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mecklenburg County: $87,005 ±$1,162
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±0.7% (431  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 10.4% 117,730 (±0.4% / ±4,938)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.3 minutes ±4.6 (234,685  ±21,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 25.1 11,113,360 (±0.3 / ±184,621)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,630 ±468 Number of households
  • Mecklenburg County: 466,527 ±1,677
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (21,861  ±1,445) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 2.4 1,138,652 (±0 / ±242)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±1.6% (171  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 4.9% 15,440 (±0.4% / ±1,198)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,089 ±491 Number of housing units
  • Mecklenburg County: 503,071 ±213
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$544,000 ±$35,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mecklenburg County: $406,800 ±$4,752
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±3% (2,707  ±675.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 15.5% 176,462 (±0.5% / ±5,692.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.4% ±2.8% (14,256  ±957.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 90.8% 712,415 (±0.8% / ±6,563)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
63.7% ±3.5% (9,418  ±769.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mecklenburg County: 49.2% 386,379 (±0.6% / ±4,339.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

15.9% ±3.1% (3,477  ±719) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 17.4% 200,313
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.7% (1,099  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mecklenburg County: 5.1% 44,881 (±0.2% / ±1,600)
  • 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)
1,099 Total veterans ±278 1,014 Male ±272 85 Female ±55

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