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Township 2, Jonesboro, Lee County, NC

16,593 Population
23.8 square miles 696.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 39.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,149 ±$2,715 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lee County: $32,243 ±$1,384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,989 ±$6,783 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $65,387 ±$3,096
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±5.3% (3,026  ±903) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 16.5% † 10,663 (±1.9% / ±1,203)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±3.4 (172,940  ±31,969) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 25.8 722,735 (±1.4 / ±44,964)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,415 ±486 Number of households
  • Lee County: 25,145 ±420
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (16,390  ±1,316) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 2.6 64,896 (±0 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3.1% (186  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 4.1% † 595 (±1.5% / ±215)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,780 ±464 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 27,166 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,200 ±$22,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lee County: $240,200 ±$11,383
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±3.8% (1,909  ±648.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 10.3% † 6,709 (±1.7% / ±1,088.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.4% ±4% (8,885  ±813) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 84.9% 38,022 (±3.3% / ±1,464.8)
  • 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)
21.5% ±2.6% (2,467  ±352) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 21.3% 9,538 (±1.6% / ±718.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-fifths of 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

16.3% ±3.3% (2,699  ±583) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 9.9% 6,527
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2% (831  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 7.2% † 3,590 (±1% / ±512)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
831 Total veterans ±256 687 Male ±240 144 Female ±82

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