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Southwest township, Lenoir County, NC

1,251 Population
19.3 square miles 64.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lenoir County: 41.9 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,573 ±$14,815 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lenoir County: $29,431 ±$1,792
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,547 ±$19,290 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lenoir County: $45,143 ±$2,547
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.7% ±6.2% (121  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lenoir County: 22% † 11,854 (±2.4% / ±1,280)
  • about three-quarters 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)

36.3 minutes ±8.7 (27,395  ±12,811) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Lenoir County: 24.3 517,725 (±1.5 / ±37,030)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

561 ±180 Number of households
  • Lenoir County: 23,351 ±486
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±1 (1,251  ±355) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lenoir County: 2.3 53,691 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

653 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Lenoir County: 26,879 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,100 ±$35,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lenoir County: $120,500 ±$7,092
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±3.8% (41  ±49.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Lenoir County: 9.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±832.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±39.2% (885  ±256.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lenoir County: 82.9% 31,659 (±3.4% / ±1,308.9)
  • 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% ±12.1% (145  ±125.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lenoir County: 16.4% 6,243 (±1.5% / ±558.1)
  • 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

1.2% ±2% (15  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lenoir County: 4.4% 2,400
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13% ±9.9% (154  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lenoir County: 8.3% † 3,539 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
154 Total veterans ±125 154 Male ±125 N/A Female ±14

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