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Chimney Rock township, Rutherford County, NC

2,954 Population
64.2 square miles 46 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rutherford County: 44.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,881 ±$9,467 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Rutherford County: $28,873 ±$1,179
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$66,467 ±$6,848 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rutherford County: $50,512 ±$3,085
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

12.8% ±6.8% (375  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rutherford County: 18.4% † 11,655 (±1.9% / ±1,215)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

31.5 minutes ±5.5 (26,745  ±7,192) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 25.4 623,730 (±1 / ±35,586)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,410 ±176 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 26,273 ±539
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.1 ±0 (2,953  ±372) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,398 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

6.9% ±6.7% (25  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 7% † 957 (±1.8% / ±243)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

3,482 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 32,640 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$396,400 ±$38,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Rutherford County: $158,200 ±$9,995
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

17% ±5.2% (501  ±,164.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rutherford County: 13% † 8,321 (±1.7% / ±1,112.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

96.7% ±15.8% (2,311  ±,247.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 85.9% 40,166 (±3.2% / ±1,500.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
47.1% ±4.3% (1,126  ±,172.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Rutherford County: 19.8% 9,245 (±1.6% / ±,733.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±1.4% (72  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 3% 1,969
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

13.2% ±3.3% (327  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 8.1% † 4,176 (±0.8% / ±427)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
327 Total veterans ±91 301 Male ±85 26 Female ±24

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