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Whitehead township, Alleghany County, NC

1,369 Population
25 square miles 54.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.6 ±7.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 52.6 ±1.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,523 ±$5,274 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $33,300 † ±$4,848
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,111 ±$5,881 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $47,172 † ±$4,894
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±11.3% (241  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 16% † 1,770 (±3.6% / ±395)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±3.6 (10,125  ±4,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alleghany County: 26.6 † 102,420 (±4.2 / ±19,143)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

651 ±150 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 5,177 ±285
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (1,369  ±333) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 2.1 10,946 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±11% (14  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 7.6% † 155 (±4.5% / ±92)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

804 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,804 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,900 ±$48,830 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alleghany County: $214,800 ±$19,060
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±11.9% (168  ±165.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alleghany County: 9.6% † 1,066 (±2.7% / ±297.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.2% ±27% (975  ±211.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alleghany County: 83.2% 7,241 (±5.6% / ±495.3)
  • 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)
26.5% ±7.6% (303  ±112) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 23.6% † 2,051 (±3.5% / ±307.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.3% ±2% (18  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alleghany County: 5.1% 571
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.6% ±6.1% (158  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alleghany County: 8.1% † 760 (±1.5% / ±144)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
158 Total veterans ±85 126 Male ±85 32 Female ±38

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