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Lower Fork township, Burke County, NC

2,948 Population
59.4 square miles 49.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±10.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • 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

$24,805 ±$4,587 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Burke County: $32,977 ±$1,231
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,191 ±$14,095 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Burke County: $58,592 ±$3,527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±9% (470  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Burke County: 15.6% † 13,313 (±2.1% / ±1,821)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.7 minutes ±6.5 (44,320  ±14,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Burke County: 23.4 881,950 (±1 / ±45,676)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,173 ±251 Number of households
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (2,948  ±753) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Burke County: 2.3 85,107 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,412 ±257 Number of housing units
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,000 ±$52,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±6.8% (286  ±212.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • 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

76.5% ±25.3% (1,653  ±344.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burke County: 86% 55,867 (±2.8% / ±1,845)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.8% ±2.8% (126  ±67.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • less than a fifth 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

0.6% ±1% (19  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Burke County: 5.3% 4,672
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.2% ±5.4% (256  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,559 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
256 Total veterans ±149 183 Male ±87 73 Female ±96

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