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Shoals township, Surry County, NC

2,122 Population
28.7 square miles 73.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Surry County: 43.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,987 ±$5,855 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Surry County: $31,947 ±$1,517
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$80,601 ±$2,509 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Surry County: $56,095 ±$3,150
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.3% ±4.9% (175  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Surry County: 16.7% 11,724 (±1.6% / ±1,113)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.4 minutes ±8.5 (17,975  ±3,866) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Surry County: 25.3 747,455 (±1.5 / ±48,660)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

896 ±181 Number of households
  • Surry County: 29,366 ±394
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.6 (2,107  ±360) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Surry County: 2.4 70,340 (±0 / ±318)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3% ±5% (12  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Surry County: 5.6% † 828 (±1.2% / ±176)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

970 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Surry County: 33,609 ±130
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$302,000 ±$60,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Surry County: $166,400 ±$5,161
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

2.5% ±2.8% (52  ±60.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Surry County: 9.5% † 6,674 (±1.3% / ±923)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.7% ±24.8% (1,462  ±269.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Surry County: 82.7% 41,910 (±2.7% / ±1,374.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
28.1% ±10.5% (443  ±187.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Surry County: 19.4% 9,838 (±1.3% / ±655.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.8% ±0.9% (16  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Surry County: 5.9% 4,194
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.1% ±2% (88  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Surry County: 6.5% † 3,630 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
88 Total veterans ±39 81 Male ±39 7 Female ±10

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