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Scotland Neck township, Halifax County, NC

3,317 Population
47.8 square miles 69.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Halifax County: 43.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,019 ±$3,909 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
$31,907 ±$16,321 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Halifax County: $45,071 ±$3,222
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

33.7% ±11.2% (1,085  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Halifax County: 25.2% † 11,826 (±2.8% / ±1,317)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

34.4 minutes ±6.8 (33,585  ±11,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Halifax County: 24.4 399,565 (±1.1 / ±26,718)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,739 ±308 Number of households
  • Halifax County: 20,269 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.5 (3,213  ±528) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Halifax County: 2.3 47,017 (±0.1 / ±88)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.3% ±3.9% (16  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Halifax County: 4.9% † 478 (±1.5% / ±142)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,152 ±294 Number of housing units
  • Halifax County: 24,849 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$73,100 ±$18,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Halifax County: $102,500 ±$7,229
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

4.8% ±2.3% (159  ±80.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Halifax County: 10.6% † 5,050 (±1.7% / ±816.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

67.5% ±4.7% (1,937  ±347.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Halifax County: 80.9% 27,909 (±3.3% / ±1,125.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
10.6% ±4% (303  ±124.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Halifax County: 15.5% † 5,332 (±1.6% / ±554.7)
  • about one-third 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

1.4% ±1.3% (46  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Halifax County: 2.5% 1,192
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.5% ±1.6% (103  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Halifax County: 6.1% † 2,318 (±0.7% / ±265)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
103 Total veterans ±51 92 Male ±47 11 Female ±23

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