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Bushy Fork township, Person County, NC

1,789 Population
45.6 square miles 39.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±12.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Person County: 43.7 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,070 ±$7,377 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $33,456 ±$1,647
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$68,700 ±$18,644 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $60,688 ±$4,173
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

10.8% ±11.7% (193  ±220) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Person County: 17.2% † 6,665 (±2.5% / ±964)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

34.1 minutes ±7.4 (29,640  ±12,799) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Person County: 30.7 512,085 (±1.4 / ±31,552)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

648 ±170 Number of households
  • Person County: 16,139 ±456
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.8 ±0.6 (1,779  ±615) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Person County: 2.4 38,645 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

16.4% ±19.2% (35  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Person County: 5.6% † 460 (±2.7% / ±221)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

754 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Person County: 18,372 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$228,600 ±$65,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Person County: $173,200 ±$9,517
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

2.4% ±2.4% (42  ±43.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Person County: 8.7% † 3,358 (±1.8% / ±,682.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

89.9% ±33.4% (1,169  ±,276.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Person County: 88.4% 24,735 (±4.4% / ±1,261.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
15.9% ±6.5% (206  ±,102.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Person County: 17.5% † 4,901 (±2.1% / ±,600.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

0.6% ±0.9% (11  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Person County: 2.6% 1,018
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

9.6% ±6.7% (133  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Person County: 7.5% † 2,341 (±1.1% / ±337)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
133 Total veterans ±100 133 Male ±100 N/A Female ±14

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