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Murfreesboro township, Hertford County, NC

5,585 Population
51.7 square miles 107.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hertford County: 42.6 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,745 ±$4,344 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hertford County: $28,886 ±$2,116
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,353 ±$5,742 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hertford County: $45,537 ±$2,991
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.2% ±8.9% (1,331  ±426) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hertford County: 22.9% † 4,180 (±2.8% / ±514)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±1.4 (47,415  ±7,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hertford County: 26.5 196,895 (±1.7 / ±15,136)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,065 ±214 Number of households
  • Hertford County: 8,285 ±224
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (4,538  ±449) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hertford County: 2.2 18,228 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±3.7% (34  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hertford County: 6.8% † 289 (±2.4% / ±101)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,566 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Hertford County: 9,816 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$101,200 ±$31,199 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hertford County: $119,200 ±$7,140
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±4.2% (706  ±239.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hertford County: 9.9% † 1,938 (±1.8% / ±353.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.7% ±7.7% (2,738  ±373.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hertford County: 84.1% 11,654 (±4.1% / ±571.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±4.6% (633  ±167) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hertford County: 16.6% † 2,299 (±1.8% / ±250.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.7% ±3.6% (318  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hertford County: 4% 802
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.9% (358  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hertford County: 8.3% † 1,332 (±1.1% / ±169)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
358 Total veterans ±133 349 Male ±130 9 Female ±16

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