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Tryon township, Polk County, NC

3,679 Population
17.4 square miles 211.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 54.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,955 ±$5,091 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $38,444 ±$2,744
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$58,968 ±$12,474 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $61,005 ±$5,732
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.7% ±4.5% (601  ±173) 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)

21.2 minutes ±2.7 (25,950  ±6,311) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Polk County: 27.6 206,130 (±1.7 / ±18,136)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,966 ±186 Number of households
  • Polk County: 8,727 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.8 ±0.2 (3,604  ±338) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,341 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.7% ±9.4% (43  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 2.9% † 97 (±2% / ±66)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,339 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 10,949 ±28
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$269,000 ±$24,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $281,100 ±$17,038
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15% ±4.9% (550  ±187.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 11.1% † 2,183 (±2.3% / ±455.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.6% ±5.9% (3,035  ±331.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 91.9% 14,301 (±4.6% / ±718.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
47% ±5.8% (1,523  ±231.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 32.9% 5,122 (±2.8% / ±429.9)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.8% ±2% (177  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 4.4% 864
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.7% ±3.1% (328  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 8.8% † 1,462 (±1.4% / ±224)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
328 Total veterans ±109 302 Male ±109 26 Female ±22

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