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Palmyra township, Halifax County, NC

648 Population
60 square miles 10.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Halifax County: 43.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,196 ±$9,301 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Halifax County: $26,951 ±$1,439
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,409 ±$7,246 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Halifax County: $45,071 ±$3,222
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.9% ±2.4% (32  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Halifax County: 25.2% † 11,826 (±2.8% / ±1,317)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

16.9 minutes ±15.7 (3,965  ±2,161) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Halifax County: 24.4 399,565 (±1.1 / ±26,718)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

239 ±101 Number of households
  • Halifax County: 20,269 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±1.1 (648  ±374) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Halifax County: 2.3 47,017 (±0.1 / ±88)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

361 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Halifax County: 24,849 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$92,800 ±$25,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Halifax County: $102,500 ±$7,229
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

2.3% ±4.9% (15  ±32.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Halifax County: 10.6% † 5,050 (±1.7% / ±816.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

79.3% ±61.9% (472  ±229.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Halifax County: 80.9% 27,909 (±3.3% / ±1,125.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
5% ±4.6% (30  ±32.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Halifax County: 15.5% † 5,332 (±1.6% / ±554.7)
  • less than a 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

0.9% ±1.5% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Halifax County: 2.5% 1,192
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.8% ±3.7% (53  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Halifax County: 6.1% † 2,318 (±0.7% / ±265)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
53 Total veterans ±39 43 Male ±31 10 Female ±14

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