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Gulf township, Chatham County, NC

2,677 Population
72.8 square miles 36.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±14.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chatham County: 47.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,042 ±$7,603 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chatham County: $56,724 ±$3,570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$57,236 ±$8,280 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chatham County: $88,534 ±$5,894
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

5.7% ±3.5% (150  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Chatham County: 10.5% † 8,111 (±1.7% / ±1,339)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.5 minutes ±5.3 (45,130  ±13,327) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chatham County: 27.1 775,110 (±0.5 / ±37,049)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,303 ±221 Number of households
  • Chatham County: 32,253 ±379
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.2 (2,646  ±495) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chatham County: 2.4 77,604 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

21.4% ±18.7% (124  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Chatham County: 6.5% † 1,023 (±2.4% / ±372)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,582 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Chatham County: 35,013 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$162,000 ±$36,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Chatham County: $397,800 ±$19,652
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.1% ±5.3% (210  ±144.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chatham County: 9.9% † 7,689 (±1.6% / ±1,217.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.3% ±8.6% (1,726  ±354.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chatham County: 90.4% 52,154 (±3.1% / ±1,828.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20% ±7.1% (420  ±165.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chatham County: 48% 27,697 (±2.2% / ±1,255.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.3% ±1.4% (34  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Chatham County: 10.7% 8,344
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.5% ±2.5% (99  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chatham County: 7% † 4,387 (±0.8% / ±480)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
99 Total veterans ±58 72 Male ±48 27 Female ±30

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