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Taylorsville township, Alexander County, NC

10,954 Population
37 square miles 296.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexander County: 43.8 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,846 ±$2,719 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alexander County: $33,425 ±$2,466
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,005 ±$10,504 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alexander County: $65,354 ±$4,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±5.2% (1,708  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alexander County: 12.6% † 4,357 (±2.5% / ±872)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.6 minutes ±2.6 (96,025  ±19,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexander County: 25.6 376,735 (±1.4 / ±29,020)
  • a little less than 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

3,797 ±396 Number of households
  • Alexander County: 14,126 ±362
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (9,437  ±1,038) 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
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±3.6% (113  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alexander County: 4.5% † 341 (±2.1% / ±158)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,490 ±362 Number of housing units
  • Alexander County: 16,218 ±48
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$196,100 ±$39,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alexander County: $211,800 ±$11,234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±2.7% (1,043  ±307.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alexander County: 8.3% † 3,005 (±2.1% / ±753.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±4.1% (6,484  ±695.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alexander County: 85.8% 22,972 (±4.5% / ±1,226.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.2% ±3.1% (950  ±256.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alexander County: 16.7% † 4,462 (±2.4% / ±629.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third 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

2.7% ±1.8% (296  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 3% 1,096
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2.1% (622  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as 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 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
622 Total veterans ±190 615 Male ±193 7 Female ±11

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