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Millshoal township, Macon County, NC

2,837 Population
27.5 square miles 103.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±8.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Macon County: 49.7 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,564 ±$7,171 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $38,705 ±$2,546
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,891 ±$9,445 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $59,061 † ±$6,098
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±9.6% (374  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 11.6% † 4,352 (±2.4% / ±912)
  • about the same as 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)

26.2 minutes ±5 (32,605  ±11,697) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 22.6 333,455 (±1.5 / ±29,304)
  • 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

1,445 ±244 Number of households
  • Macon County: 18,406 ±675
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,837  ±559) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Macon County: 2 37,609 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • 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

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

Housing

1,730 ±290 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 27,216 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,400 ±$52,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $251,900 ±$16,620
  • 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

8.1% ±5.3% (229  ±156.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 13.6% † 5,145 (±2.6% / ±963.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±7.1% (2,036  ±351) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 89.8% 25,809 (±4.5% / ±1,319.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.5% ±7.4% (599  ±185.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 27.9% 8,020 (±2.6% / ±753.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.3% ±2.5% (94  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 5.9% 2,233
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±3.9% (209  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,916 (±1.3% / ±392)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
209 Total veterans ±97 159 Male ±80 50 Female ±63

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