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Laurel Hill township, Scotland County, NC

3,595 Population
80.6 square miles 44.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Scotland County: 38.3 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,642 ±$2,944 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Scotland County: $27,678 † ±$3,738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$51,827 ±$6,533 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Scotland County: $43,500 ±$2,777
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

26.6% ±6.5% (957  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Scotland County: 26.6% 8,544 (±2.6% / ±822)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.6 minutes ±3.9 (39,790  ±9,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Scotland County: 23.8 287,830 (±1.1 / ±18,893)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,225 ±175 Number of households
  • Scotland County: 12,376 ±238
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.1 (3,595  ±534) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Scotland County: 2.6 32,210 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.2% ±4.5% (44  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Scotland County: 5.6% † 388 (±1.4% / ±99)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,441 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Scotland County: 14,421 ±57
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$82,300 ±$34,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Scotland County: $109,900 ±$5,510
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.6% ±8% (442  ±287.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Scotland County: 10.7% † 3,626 (±2% / ±666.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.7% ±17.4% (1,940  ±273) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Scotland County: 82.4% 19,211 (±3.2% / ±749.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
10% ±3.4% (226  ±82.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Scotland County: 14.8% † 3,455 (±1.6% / ±373)
  • about one-quarter 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

3% ±2.4% (109  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Scotland County: 2.9% 979
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.4% ±2.3% (170  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Scotland County: 6.6% † 1,757 (±0.9% / ±234)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
170 Total veterans ±65 147 Male ±62 23 Female ±15

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