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Catawba township, Catawba County, NC

8,219 Population
50.6 square miles 162.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±5.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Catawba County: 42.1 ±0.4
  • 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

$34,635 ±$3,327 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Catawba County: $37,462 ±$1,451
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,325 ±$9,156 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Catawba County: $67,864 ±$2,779
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±4.8% (945  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Catawba County: 12.7% 20,446 (±1.2% / ±1,886)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±2.7 (102,615  ±24,163) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Catawba County: 23.4 1,626,470 (±1 / ±78,359)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,720 ±514 Number of households
  • Catawba County: 66,227 ±707
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (8,219  ±1,238) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Catawba County: 2.4 161,006 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±2.5% (42  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Catawba County: 5% † 1,788 (±0.9% / ±339)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,257 ±503 Number of housing units
  • Catawba County: 73,133 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,600 ±$26,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Catawba County: $241,600 ±$6,013
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±3.4% (460  ±290.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Catawba County: 9.3% † 15,121 (±1% / ±1,581.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.8% ±14.3% (5,083  ±562.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Catawba County: 88.2% 100,833 (±2.2% / ±2,482.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±3.6% (1,088  ±264.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Catawba County: 26.1% 29,900 (±1.2% / ±1,351.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±0.6% (63  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Catawba County: 6.9% 11,341
  • about 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

7.5% ±2.7% (493  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Catawba County: 6.3% 8,114 (±0.5% / ±681)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
493 Total veterans ±186 438 Male ±177 55 Female ±47

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