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Township 3, Cape Fear, Lee County, NC

5,026 Population
42.9 square miles 117.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 39.5 ±0.6
  • 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

$32,379 ±$5,825 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lee County: $32,243 ±$1,384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,688 ±$12,939 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lee County: $65,387 ±$3,096
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±5.9% (791  ±323) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Lee County: 16.5% † 10,663 (±1.9% / ±1,203)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±8.6 (59,065  ±12,723) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 25.8 722,735 (±1.4 / ±44,964)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,863 ±242 Number of households
  • Lee County: 25,145 ±420
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (5,020  ±820) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 2.6 64,896 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.2% ±8% (106  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 4.1% † 595 (±1.5% / ±215)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,022 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 27,166 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,400 ±$20,258 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $240,200 ±$11,383
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±6.8% (536  ±343.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little 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)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±20.6% (2,886  ±455.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 84.9% 38,022 (±3.3% / ±1,464.8)
  • 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)
15% ±2.3% (488  ±112.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lee County: 21.3% 9,538 (±1.6% / ±718.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-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

4.1% ±4% (208  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lee County: 9.9% 6,527
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2% (267  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 7.2% † 3,590 (±1% / ±512)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
267 Total veterans ±84 234 Male ±72 33 Female ±28

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