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Bushy Fork township, Person County, NC

2,392 Population
45.6 square miles 52.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±11.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Person County: 43.9 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,753 ±$5,150 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Person County: $37,616 ±$2,698
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,722 ±$37,568 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $64,927 ±$4,000
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.4% ±12.6% (393  ±317) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Person County: 18.5% † 7,182 (±2.4% / ±951)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

35.6 minutes ±4.5 (42,330  ±13,767) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Person County: 30.2 500,775 (±1.7 / ±35,778)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

718 ±161 Number of households
  • Person County: 16,211 ±384
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3.3 ±0.4 (2,384  ±603) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Person County: 2.4 38,821 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.6% ±14.7% (25  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Person County: 4.1% † 337 (±2.3% / ±189)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

894 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Person County: 18,482 ±94
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$209,300 ±$79,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $192,800 ±$9,174
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

1.2% ±1.7% (28  ±41.7) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Person County: 9.3% † 3,643 (±2.4% / ±,945.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.9% ±5.3% (1,368  ±,320.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Person County: 89.1% 24,944 (±4.5% / ±1,292.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20% ±7.9% (311  ±,141.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Person County: 19.8% † 5,553 (±2.1% / ±,592.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

7.4% ±10.5% (176  ±255) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Person County: 3.1% 1,218
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.9% ±4.5% (144  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Person County: 7% † 2,176 (±1.2% / ±371)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
144 Total veterans ±88 135 Male ±88 9 Female ±14

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