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Rich Square township, Northampton County, NC

2,455 Population
81.6 square miles 30.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Northampton County: 51.6 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,219 ±$3,503 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Northampton County: $31,883 ±$2,152
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$42,036 ±$2,264 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $47,935 ±$3,311
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.2% ±5.7% (425  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 20% † 3,311 (±3.3% / ±539)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.5 minutes ±4.8 (22,395  ±7,383) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Northampton County: 28.2 171,905 (±2.5 / ±17,583)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,054 ±157 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 7,597 ±305
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.1 (2,331  ±376) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Northampton County: 2.2 16,596 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

22% ±11.9% (78  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Northampton County: 11.4% † 328 (±4.1% / ±117)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,356 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 10,620 ±38
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$79,700 ±$34,703 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $102,200 † ±$12,006
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.6% ±2.7% (88  ±66.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 8.6% † 1,463 (±1.9% / ±330.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

80.4% ±18.4% (1,560  ±251.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Northampton County: 84.5% 11,000 (±4.4% / ±578.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
10.4% ±3.4% (202  ±73.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Northampton County: 19% † 2,478 (±2.3% / ±297.6)
  • about one-third 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

5.7% ±4.5% (141  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Northampton County: 1.6% 268
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.7% ±4.3% (139  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 6.8% † 955 (±1.2% / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
139 Total veterans ±91 139 Male ±91 N/A Female ±14

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