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Thompson township, Robeson County, NC

1,641 Population
26.2 square miles 62.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±13.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Robeson County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,147 ±$15,810 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Robeson County: $22,925 ±$823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$43,462 ±$14,376 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Robeson County: $40,318 ±$1,300
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

44.9% ±21.7% (737  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Robeson County: 28.8% 32,642 (±1.3% / ±1,426)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.6 minutes ±5.6 (11,495  ±4,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Robeson County: 25 1,015,725 (±0.7 / ±37,361)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

536 ±163 Number of households
  • Robeson County: 42,744 ±300
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3.1 ±1.3 (1,641  ±494) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Robeson County: 2.7 113,390 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.9% ±8.9% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Robeson County: 4.6% † 1,258 (±0.8% / ±209)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

590 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Robeson County: 48,874 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$90,200 ±$20,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Robeson County: $88,600 ±$3,111
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

1.1% ±1.8% (18  ±29.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Robeson County: 6.3% † 7,250 (±0.7% / ±820)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

55% ±22.1% (606  ±161.3) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Robeson County: 78.9% 59,354 (±1.7% / ±1,251.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.1% ±4.8% (155  ±70.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Robeson County: 14.6% 10,955 (±0.8% / ±579.8)
  • about two-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

1.2% ±1.2% (20  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Robeson County: 5.1% 5,983
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.2% ±3.1% (51  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Robeson County: 6.5% 5,682 (±0.5% / ±452)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
51 Total veterans ±41 46 Male ±40 5 Female ±8

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