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Plumtree township, Avery County, NC

574 Population
14.1 square miles 40.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±14.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Avery County: 46.5 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,005 ±$9,983 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Avery County: $33,899 ±$3,147
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$81,336 ±$43,220 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Avery County: $57,657 ±$4,054
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3% ±4.3% (17  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Avery County: 11% † 1,641 (±3% / ±448)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

38.2 minutes ±14.4 (8,090  ±5,752) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Avery County: 21.9 127,780 (±1.9 / ±14,380)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

227 ±96 Number of households
  • Avery County: 6,559 ±344
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.5 (574  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Avery County: 2.3 14,874 (±0.1 / ±92)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

233 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Avery County: 14,051 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$225,500 ±$41,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Avery County: $233,200 ±$17,392
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.8% ±7.4% (22  ±43.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Avery County: 13.6% † 2,384 (±2.6% / ±451.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.7% ±52.9% (392  ±124.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Avery County: 86.4% 11,665 (±5.3% / ±724.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
37.4% ±8.5% (155  ±79.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 21.9% † 2,954 (±2.8% / ±374.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

0.7% ±2.1% (4  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Avery County: 4.1% 723
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.2% ±5.5% (49  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Avery County: 7.2% † 1,084 (±1.5% / ±222)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
49 Total veterans ±33 49 Male ±33 N/A Female ±14

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