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Chimney Rock township, Rutherford County, NC

2,957 Population
64.2 square miles 46.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$56,619 ±$9,180 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Rutherford County: $29,217 ±$1,497
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,465 ±$8,337 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rutherford County: $49,771 ±$2,569
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

14% ±7.2% (410  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 17.6% † 11,196 (±1.9% / ±1,232)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

33.6 minutes ±6.2 (29,265  ±8,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rutherford County: 26.3 645,165 (±1.2 / ±40,126)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,513 ±187 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 26,589 ±473
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.3 (2,955  ±317) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,589 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.1% ±7.5% (22  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 6.1% † 834 (±1.5% / ±206)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,644 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 32,682 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$412,300 ±$47,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Rutherford County: $180,800 ±$8,750
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.9% ±4.6% (409  ±142.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 11.7% † 7,519 (±1.6% / ±1,030.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

97.3% ±2.9% (2,443  ±265.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 86.6% 40,757 (±3.1% / ±1,448.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
45.4% ±4.9% (1,141  ±171.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Rutherford County: 20.7% 9,735 (±1.5% / ±717.6)
  • about 1.3 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

2.7% ±2% (80  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,088
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.7% ±2.8% (299  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 8% † 4,122 (±1% / ±528)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
299 Total veterans ±77 264 Male ±66 35 Female ±27

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