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Upper Creek township, Burke County, NC

1,229 Population
83 square miles 14.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±16 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,752 ±$8,675 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $32,977 ±$1,231
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,711 ±$38,468 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $58,592 ±$3,527
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±11.5% (159  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Burke County: 15.6% † 13,313 (±2.1% / ±1,821)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±11.5 (16,150  ±11,411) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Burke County: 23.4 881,950 (±1 / ±45,676)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

528 ±186 Number of households
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,229  ±483) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Burke County: 2.3 85,107 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

633 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$273,900 ±$88,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.1% ±10.6% (173  ±147) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±46.6% (655  ±246.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Burke County: 86% 55,867 (±2.8% / ±1,845)
  • 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)
25.5% ±16.6% (198  ±151.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.5% ±2.5% (16  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,559 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±27 16 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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