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North Cove township, McDowell County, NC

2,945 Population
83.9 square miles 35.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 44.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,727 ±$5,041 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $29,047 ±$1,771
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$45,293 ±$13,565 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $53,532 ±$4,528
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

8.7% ±6.5% (255  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 14.9% † 6,463 (±1.9% / ±816)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

21.6 minutes ±6 (20,895  ±9,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 24.6 431,720 (±0.8 / ±22,581)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,139 ±217 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 18,184 ±466
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.6 ±0.4 (2,939  ±724) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 43,186 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

15.9% ±12.2% (99  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 5.9% † 545 (±2.5% / ±232)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

1,528 ±269 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 21,328 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$165,400 ±$73,917 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $153,300 ±$12,016
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

7.9% ±6.8% (227  ±,203.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McDowell County: 10.7% † 4,718 (±1.7% / ±,768.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

81.3% ±23.2% (1,657  ±332) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDowell County: 86.2% 28,099 (±3.7% / ±1,203.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
9% ±4.3% (183  ±95.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in McDowell County: 18% 5,858 (±1.8% / ±,577.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.9% (17  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in McDowell County: 4.1% 1,814
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

5.7% ±3.7% (125  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McDowell County: 8.2% † 2,926 (±1.1% / ±387)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
125 Total veterans ±85 98 Male ±66 27 Female ±30

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