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Flat River township, Person County, NC

8,286 Population
47.2 square miles 175.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Person County: 44.2 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,983 ±$4,223 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Person County: $37,635 ±$2,686
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,366 ±$21,559 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $63,300 † ±$6,412
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±5.9% (1,034  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Person County: 17.5% † 6,861 (±2.8% / ±1,082)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.7 minutes ±9 (106,175  ±21,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Person County: 30.9 492,470 (±1.2 / ±33,837)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,300 ±445 Number of households
  • Person County: 16,063 ±464
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (8,286  ±1,116) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Person County: 2.4 39,108 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±6.4% (128  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Person County: 5% † 423 (±2.5% / ±210)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,477 ±443 Number of housing units
  • Person County: 18,584 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,900 ±$26,100 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $213,900 ±$14,508
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±4.4% (510  ±359.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Person County: 9.5% † 3,734 (±2.4% / ±921.3)
  • 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

95.6% ±17.6% (5,222  ±672.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Person County: 88.9% 24,961 (±4.6% / ±1,320.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.8% ±5.7% (1,356  ±357.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Person County: 19.3% † 5,432 (±2.2% / ±613.5)
  • 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

1.3% ±1% (111  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Person County: 3.1% 1,238
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.1% ±4.5% (669  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Person County: 6.6% † 2,075 (±1.1% / ±352)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
669 Total veterans ±288 655 Male ±285 14 Female ±17

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