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Township 5, Lower Fishing Creek, Edgecombe County, NC

1,389 Population
35.3 square miles 39.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±4.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Edgecombe County: 41.7 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,604 ±$3,570 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $27,235 ±$1,237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$58,320 ±$4,783 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Edgecombe County: $48,480 ±$3,492
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

29.7% ±12.2% (412  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Edgecombe County: 21.9% † 10,516 (±2.5% / ±1,220)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.6 minutes ±5.3 (19,670  ±6,779) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 22.9 423,705 (±1.3 / ±30,679)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

514 ±116 Number of households
  • Edgecombe County: 19,533 ±400
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.3 (1,382  ±357) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 2.5 48,040 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

38.1% ±14.4% (125  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Edgecombe County: 6.5% † 692 (±1.9% / ±198)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

524 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Edgecombe County: 23,258 ±82
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

5.8% ±3.7% (79  ±54.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Edgecombe County: 8.6% † 4,156 (±1.8% / ±870.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

64.8% ±22.4% (627  ±148.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Edgecombe County: 84.4% 28,600 (±3.5% / ±1,196.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
7.7% ±5.8% (74  ±59) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Edgecombe County: 16.7% † 5,669 (±1.7% / ±568.9)
  • about one-fifth 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

27.7% ±9.1% (384  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Edgecombe County: 3.1% 1,531
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.4% ±5.4% (112  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.5% † 2,825 (±1.1% / ±407)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
112 Total veterans ±64 112 Male ±64 N/A Female ±14

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