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Sharpes township, Alexander County, NC

4,815 Population
26.7 square miles 180.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±10.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alexander County: 43.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,997 ±$5,743 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alexander County: $33,425 ±$2,466
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,659 ±$6,375 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alexander County: $65,354 ±$4,962
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±6.6% (446  ±324) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alexander County: 12.6% † 4,357 (±2.5% / ±872)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±5.8 (69,230  ±18,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alexander County: 25.6 376,735 (±1.4 / ±29,020)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,985 ±259 Number of households
  • Alexander County: 14,126 ±362
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (4,815  ±625) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alexander County: 2.5 34,862 (±0.1 / ±92)
  • 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

4.1% ±4.4% (43  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 4.5% † 341 (±2.1% / ±158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,170 ±284 Number of housing units
  • Alexander County: 16,218 ±48
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,300 ±$46,679 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Alexander County: $211,800 ±$11,234
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±7.6% (604  ±371.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alexander County: 8.3% † 3,005 (±2.1% / ±753.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±8.5% (3,005  ±493.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alexander County: 85.8% 22,972 (±4.5% / ±1,226.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.7% ±4.3% (302  ±155.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Alexander County: 16.7% † 4,462 (±2.4% / ±629.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-quarter of 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

3.4% ±2.2% (165  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alexander County: 3% 1,096
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±3.8% (269  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Alexander County: 7.3% † 2,137 (±1.2% / ±335)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
269 Total veterans ±150 208 Male ±124 61 Female ±69

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