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Mount Tirzah township, Person County, NC

2,880 Population
46.4 square miles 62 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±8.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Person County: 43.9 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,009 ±$7,672 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $37,616 ±$2,698
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$94,375 ±$28,008 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Person County: $64,927 ±$4,000
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.4% ±12.6% (529  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Person County: 18.5% † 7,182 (±2.4% / ±951)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

37.4 minutes ±4.8 (52,695  ±14,755) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Person County: 30.2 500,775 (±1.7 / ±35,778)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,252 ±289 Number of households
  • Person County: 16,211 ±384
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.7 (2,875  ±616) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Person County: 2.4 38,821 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.4% ±4.2% (14  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Person County: 4.1% † 337 (±2.3% / ±189)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,429 ±291 Number of housing units
  • Person County: 18,482 ±94
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$234,300 ±$70,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Person County: $192,800 ±$9,174
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

2.4% ±2.4% (68  ±70.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Person County: 9.3% † 3,643 (±2.4% / ±945.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.7% ±26.8% (2,082  ±411.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Person County: 89.1% 24,944 (±4.5% / ±1,292.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.9% ±6% (464  ±163.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than 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

1.6% ±1.8% (45  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Person County: 3.1% 1,218
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.1% ±2.3% (75  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Person County: 7% † 2,176 (±1.2% / ±371)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
75 Total veterans ±58 60 Male ±53 15 Female ±25

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