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Scott Creek township, Jackson County, NC

2,394 Population
38.9 square miles 61.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jackson County: 38.1 ±1.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,692 ±$7,942 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Jackson County: $33,850 ±$2,302
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,054 ±$22,144 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $55,815 ±$5,024
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.2% ±6.7% (240  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 18% † 7,132 (±2% / ±794)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±2.7 (20,235  ±5,143) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 352,910 (±1.4 / ±31,280)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,163 ±162 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 18,430 ±616
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (2,389  ±346) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 2.2 39,741 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±12% (30  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 2.6% † 284 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,698 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,803 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$302,000 ±$47,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Jackson County: $284,700 ±$19,969
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.1% ±9.4% (430  ±231.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 16.9% † 7,349 (±2.2% / ±935)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±21% (1,724  ±271.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 90.6% 25,600 (±4.6% / ±1,324.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.3% ±5.9% (732  ±169.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 31.1% 8,795 (±2.5% / ±716.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.3% ±3.7% (131  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 8% † 2,916 (±1.2% / ±419)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
131 Total veterans ±80 124 Male ±77 7 Female ±10

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