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Black River township, Cumberland County, NC

2,486 Population
36.8 square miles 67.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Cumberland County: 32 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,507 ±$4,600 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cumberland County: $32,657 ±$589
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,827 ±$12,394 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $61,291 ±$990
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.9% ±10.3% (452  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 16.7% 53,555 (±0.8% / ±2,445)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±8 (22,420  ±5,418) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 21.6 3,117,255 (±0.4 / ±67,420)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

857 ±149 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 129,758 ±563
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.5 (2,322  ±566) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.5 321,560 (±0 / ±193)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±2.6% (14  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 6.2% 5,159 (±0.6% / ±461)
  • 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

1,000 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 143,798 ±123
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$194,100 ±$26,152 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $199,200 ±$3,438
  • 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

2.9% ±1.8% (71  ±46.5) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Cumberland County: 18.1% 60,295 (±0.8% / ±2,575)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84% ±18.4% (1,372  ±207.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 92.9% 195,788 (±1.3% / ±2,802.6)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
20.9% ±5.4% (341  ±102.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cumberland County: 27.8% 58,638 (±0.7% / ±1,536)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.5% ±3.7% (112  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 6.8% 22,888
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±3.1% (184  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 18.3% 40,226 (±0.5% / ±1,164)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
184 Total veterans ±69 157 Male ±63 27 Female ±18

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