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Caney Fork township, Jackson County, NC

1,033 Population
51 square miles 20.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±23.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 38.9 ±1.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,845 ±$20,447 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $32,937 ±$2,202
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$76,829 ±$10,042 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Jackson County: $53,479 ±$4,388
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

N/A Persons below poverty line

19.7 minutes ±14.7 (11,065  ±5,740) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 20.6 355,960 (±1.2 / ±28,541)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

396 ±126 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,164 ±640
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.2 (1,033  ±338) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,406 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

11% ±12.1% (23  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 1.7% † 183 (±0.9% / ±92)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

561 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,385 ±35
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$248,800 ±$34,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $253,900 ±$14,754
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.8% ±14.9% (150  ±159.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 18.3% † 7,828 (±2.4% / ±1,037.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.5% ±10.5% (676  ±234.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 89.8% 25,157 (±4.4% / ±1,246)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
32.9% ±8.5% (254  ±105.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 30% 8,408 (±2.5% / ±698.8)
  • a little less than 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

0.7% ±1.1% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% 1,989
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.4% ±6% (40  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 8.5% † 3,049 (±1.1% / ±397)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
40 Total veterans ±56 40 Male ±56 N/A Female ±14

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