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Cooper Gap township, Polk County, NC

2,190 Population
48.7 square miles 45 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±11.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 54.4 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,252 ±$3,713 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $38,444 ±$2,744
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,536 ±$15,408 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $61,005 ±$5,732
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.5% ±2.5% (55  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Polk County: 13.7% † 2,643 (±2.9% / ±557)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.8 minutes ±10.1 (29,060  ±13,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 27.6 206,130 (±1.7 / ±18,136)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

930 ±179 Number of households
  • Polk County: 8,727 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.3 (2,190  ±495) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,341 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,326 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 10,949 ±28
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$293,300 ±$91,372 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $281,100 ±$17,038
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

0.2% ±1.2% (5  ±25.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Polk County: 11.1% † 2,183 (±2.3% / ±455.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.5% ±2.7% (1,555  ±303.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 91.9% 14,301 (±4.6% / ±718.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21% ±7.6% (350  ±143.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 32.9% 5,122 (±2.8% / ±429.9)
  • 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

3% ±3.5% (66  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 4.4% 864
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.4% ±5.1% (147  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 8.8% † 1,462 (±1.4% / ±224)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
147 Total veterans ±93 147 Male ±93 N/A Female ±14

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