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Old Fort township, McDowell County, NC

3,425 Population
74.1 square miles 46.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in McDowell County: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,240 ±$3,563 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in McDowell County: $30,395 ±$1,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,630 ±$17,724 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $57,168 ±$4,181
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.6% ±6.1% (463  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 14.8% † 6,447 (±2.1% / ±929)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±9.5 (36,675  ±9,671) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in McDowell County: 24.7 442,125 (±1 / ±24,955)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,746 ±344 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 18,638 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.5 (3,379  ±582) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 2.3 43,386 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.4% ±0.7% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 5.4% † 505 (±2.2% / ±211)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,922 ±347 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 21,575 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,000 ±$24,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in McDowell County: $171,100 ±$10,414
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±6.2% (518  ±229.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in McDowell County: 9.5% † 4,202 (±1.8% / ±790.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.2% ±20.7% (2,405  ±408.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 85.3% 28,082 (±3.5% / ±1,178.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±4.8% (478  ±158.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDowell County: 18.1% 5,958 (±1.7% / ±567.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

1.8% ±2.2% (60  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in McDowell County: 3.2% 1,426
  • about one-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

7.5% ±2.8% (222  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 7.6% † 2,760 (±1% / ±376)
  • 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)
222 Total veterans ±91 222 Male ±91 N/A Female ±14

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