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Murfreesboro township, Hertford County, NC

5,435 Population
51.7 square miles 105 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hertford County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,558 ±$7,789 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hertford County: $27,562 ±$2,378
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,562 ±$12,515 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hertford County: $47,472 ±$4,340
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

23.2% ±8.8% (1,046  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hertford County: 21.4% † 3,986 (±2.9% / ±530)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.8 minutes ±2.7 (51,960  ±10,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hertford County: 27.9 216,850 (±2 / ±18,618)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,127 ±230 Number of households
  • Hertford County: 8,329 ±224
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.1 (4,487  ±503) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hertford County: 2.2 18,620 (±0.1 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.3% ±2.5% (30  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hertford County: 6.7% † 290 (±2.1% / ±92)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,491 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Hertford County: 9,831 ±52
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$100,200 ±$16,858 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hertford County: $111,100 ±$6,236
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.8% ±3.2% (694  ±187.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hertford County: 9.9% † 2,009 (±1.6% / ±316.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.6% ±6.5% (2,935  ±370.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hertford County: 84.7% 12,081 (±3.8% / ±558.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.8% ±3.9% (582  ±148.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hertford County: 16.8% † 2,388 (±1.7% / ±243)
  • about half 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

4.9% ±3.2% (264  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hertford County: 4.5% 915
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.9% ±3.4% (397  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hertford County: 8.4% † 1,389 (±1.1% / ±179)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
397 Total veterans ±155 394 Male ±156 3 Female ±6

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