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Green Creek township, Polk County, NC

3,079 Population
51.6 square miles 59.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 54.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,338 ±$5,599 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $38,444 ±$2,744
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,660 ±$14,879 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $61,005 ±$5,732
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.6% ±7% (512  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 13.7% † 2,643 (±2.9% / ±557)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.6 minutes ±4.3 (47,475  ±11,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 27.6 206,130 (±1.7 / ±18,136)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,303 ±180 Number of households
  • Polk County: 8,727 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (3,079  ±433) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,341 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.4% ±5.1% (24  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 2.9% † 97 (±2% / ±66)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,574 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 10,949 ±28
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$306,500 ±$56,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $281,100 ±$17,038
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.8% ±5.5% (268  ±173.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 11.1% † 2,183 (±2.3% / ±455.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.3% ±17.4% (2,133  ±282) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 91.9% 14,301 (±4.6% / ±718.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20% ±5.1% (471  ±137.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 32.9% 5,122 (±2.8% / ±429.9)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6% ±3.4% (157  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 8.8% † 1,462 (±1.4% / ±224)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
157 Total veterans ±92 157 Male ±92 N/A Female ±14

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