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Township 5, New Gilead, Cabarrus County, NC

4,235 Population
23.7 square miles 178.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±13.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cabarrus County: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,633 ±$11,616 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cabarrus County: $42,636 ±$1,203
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,946 ±$31,698 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cabarrus County: $89,005 ±$3,534
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±2.3% (119  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Cabarrus County: 9.3% 21,707 (±0.9% / ±2,059)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.7 minutes ±13.8 (64,895  ±18,863) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cabarrus County: 27.3 2,666,900 (±0.4 / ±73,486)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,677 ±366 Number of households
  • Cabarrus County: 84,246 ±966
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,235  ±1,066) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cabarrus County: 2.8 234,365 (±0 / ±35)
  • 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

9.1% ±10.1% (73  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cabarrus County: 4.4% † 2,552 (±0.8% / ±455)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,969 ±338 Number of housing units
  • Cabarrus County: 93,691 ±74
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,600 ±$50,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cabarrus County: $354,800 ±$6,544
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±5.5% (329  ±242.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cabarrus County: 10.9% † 25,394 (±1.1% / ±2,587.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±29.7% (3,102  ±635.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cabarrus County: 92.1% 144,803 (±2.2% / ±3,488.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.9% ±8.8% (1,158  ±405.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cabarrus County: 37.9% 59,639 (±1.4% / ±2,134.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about the same as 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

1.1% ±1.5% (46  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cabarrus County: 10.8% 25,585
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

0.3% ±0.5% (9  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Cabarrus County: 6.6% 11,598 (±0.6% / ±1,010)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9 Total veterans ±19 9 Male ±19 N/A Female ±14

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