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Salem Chapel township, Forsyth County, NC

6,458 Population
32.5 square miles 198.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forsyth County: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,490 ±$3,637 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Forsyth County: $37,375 ±$681
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$61,042 ±$12,627 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Forsyth County: $65,541 ±$1,422
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.3% ±5.5% (854  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Forsyth County: 14.7% 55,308 (±0.8% / ±2,808)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.3 minutes ±1.7 (62,750  ±10,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forsyth County: 22.9 3,568,120 (±0.5 / ±97,531)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,594 ±257 Number of households
  • Forsyth County: 155,743 ±1,119
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.2 (6,437  ±793) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Forsyth County: 2.4 376,338 (±0 / ±720)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9.6% ±5.6% (120  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Forsyth County: 4.6% † 4,344 (±0.7% / ±626)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,928 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Forsyth County: 173,220 ±312
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$188,900 ±$13,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Forsyth County: $227,800 ±$3,766
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.3% ±3.1% (338  ±200) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Forsyth County: 13.1% 50,074 (±0.9% / ±3,301.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.7% ±1.9% (3,933  ±394) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Forsyth County: 89.9% 233,716 (±1.5% / ±3,809.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.7% ±3.9% (1,089  ±209.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Forsyth County: 36.9% 95,835 (±0.9% / ±2,403)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.7% ±2.8% (241  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Forsyth County: 9.2% 35,397
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.7% ±1.8% (398  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Forsyth County: 6.2% 18,549 (±0.4% / ±1,162)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
398 Total veterans ±102 360 Male ±93 38 Female ±32

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