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Swift Creek township, Wake County, NC

56,126 Population
43 square miles 1,305.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,864 ±$3,016 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$114,228 ±$7,448 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±1.9% (6,373  ±1,081) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±2.4 (532,240  ±35,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,831 ±860 Number of households
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (55,508  ±2,527) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±1.9% (742  ±268) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,095 ±822 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$538,400 ±$22,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±1.9% (8,797  ±1,137) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±1.8% (36,793  ±1,682.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 94% 754,819 (±0.9% / ±7,356.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
62.2% ±1.8% (23,939  ±1,213.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.5% ±1.8% (7,598  ±1,063) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±0.8% (2,088  ±386) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,088 Total veterans ±386 1,970 Male ±380 118 Female ±62

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