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

484 Population
22.8 square miles 21.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 48 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,818 ±$10,064 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $32,713 ±$2,821
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,333 ±$12,666 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mitchell County: $58,089 ±$5,374
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.4% ±10% (65  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 13% † 1,889 (±2.7% / ±391)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.3 minutes ±5.1 (3,970  ±2,796) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 24.1 143,370 (±1.8 / ±14,461)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

250 ±90 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 6,411 ±313
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.5 (484  ±207) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mitchell County: 2.3 14,553 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

425 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 8,673 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$253,900 ±$141,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $202,100 ±$14,298
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.2% ±11.8% (35  ±59.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 8.9% † 1,317 (±2.2% / ±326.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

74.2% ±39.3% (302  ±112.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 89.7% 10,025 (±6.4% / ±722.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
31.7% ±12.8% (129  ±71.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mitchell County: 23.1% † 2,581 (±3.2% / ±355.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.2% ±4.1% (9  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mitchell County: 7.9% † 969 (±1.6% / ±191)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
9 Total veterans ±17 9 Male ±17 N/A Female ±14

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