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Back Swamp township, Robeson County, NC

4,417 Population
37.3 square miles 118.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Robeson County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,129 ±$14,409 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Robeson County: $22,925 ±$823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$43,591 ±$12,668 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Robeson County: $40,318 ±$1,300
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

27.2% ±10.6% (940  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Robeson County: 28.8% 32,642 (±1.3% / ±1,426)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.2 minutes ±2.7 (34,550  ±6,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Robeson County: 25 1,015,725 (±0.7 / ±37,361)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,402 ±183 Number of households
  • Robeson County: 42,744 ±300
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.2 (3,459  ±562) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Robeson County: 2.7 113,390 (±0 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.6% ±6.3% (32  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Robeson County: 4.6% † 1,258 (±0.8% / ±209)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,589 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Robeson County: 48,874 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$62,300 ±$16,063 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Robeson County: $88,600 ±$3,111
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.9% ±1.9% (257  ±89.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Robeson County: 6.3% † 7,250 (±0.7% / ±820)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

75.6% ±4.5% (2,525  ±358.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Robeson County: 78.9% 59,354 (±1.7% / ±1,251.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
11.2% ±5.7% (373  ±197.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Robeson County: 14.6% 10,955 (±0.8% / ±579.8)
  • 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

1.7% ±1% (77  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Robeson County: 5.1% 5,983
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.3% ±3.5% (305  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Robeson County: 6.5% 5,682 (±0.5% / ±452)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
305 Total veterans ±132 289 Male ±131 16 Female ±22

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