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Grassy Creek township, Mitchell County, NC

7,901 Population
56.9 square miles 139 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than 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

$33,595 ±$2,998 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mitchell County: $34,790 ±$3,386
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,927 ±$8,459 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $57,602 ±$5,146
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.8% ±4.1% (1,077  ±330) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 12.9% † 1,882 (±2.8% / ±404)
  • 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)

23.4 minutes ±3 (79,680  ±14,411) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mitchell County: 24.4 146,100 (±2.1 / ±16,255)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3,663 ±291 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 6,587 ±269
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (7,814  ±573) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mitchell County: 2.2 14,539 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • about 90 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

10.3% ±6.9% (139  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mitchell County: 6.7% † 189 (±3.6% / ±102)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,561 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 8,697 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,300 ±$23,621 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mitchell County: $220,100 ±$13,554
  • 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

12.4% ±3.6% (972  ±292.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 9.9% † 1,478 (±2.3% / ±335.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±6.9% (5,640  ±559.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 90.7% 10,179 (±6.3% / ±706.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.8% ±3.9% (1,469  ±258.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 24.2% † 2,715 (±3% / ±338.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.4% ±1.5% (265  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mitchell County: 2.4% 356
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2% (503  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 7.7% † 946 (±1.6% / ±203)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
503 Total veterans ±133 479 Male ±136 24 Female ±30

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