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Fork Mountain-Little Rock Creek township, Mitchell County, NC

540 Population
22.8 square miles 23.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±19.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mitchell County: 48 ±1.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,240 ±$10,016 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mitchell County: $34,790 ±$3,386
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,453 ±$13,186 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mitchell County: $57,602 ±$5,146
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±9.3% (93  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mitchell County: 12.9% † 1,882 (±2.8% / ±404)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

267 ±99 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 6,587 ±269
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.5 (540  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mitchell County: 2.2 14,539 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

434 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 8,697 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$302,200 ±$63,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mitchell County: $220,100 ±$13,554
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±9.9% (32  ±55.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mitchell County: 9.9% † 1,478 (±2.3% / ±335.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.5% ±45.8% (354  ±131.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mitchell County: 90.7% 10,179 (±6.3% / ±706.1)
  • 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)
44.7% ±13.7% (185  ±90.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Mitchell County: 24.2% † 2,715 (±3% / ±338.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.6% ±5.3% (19  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mitchell County: 7.7% † 946 (±1.6% / ±203)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±23 19 Male ±23 N/A Female ±14

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