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Cool Spring township, Rutherford County, NC

13,547 Population
33.3 square miles 407.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,708 ±$2,801 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $29,217 ±$1,497
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$40,609 ±$4,472 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $49,771 ±$2,569
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

26.8% ±4.4% (3,607  ±634) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 17.6% † 11,196 (±1.9% / ±1,232)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.6 minutes ±1.4 (136,785  ±18,819) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Rutherford County: 26.3 645,165 (±1.2 / ±40,126)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

5,511 ±382 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 26,589 ±473
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (13,389  ±846) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,589 (±0 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

12.6% ±5% (370  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Rutherford County: 6.1% † 834 (±1.5% / ±206)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,326 ±386 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 32,682 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$173,900 ±$23,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rutherford County: $180,800 ±$8,750
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.1% ±3.1% (1,745  ±432) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 11.7% † 7,519 (±1.6% / ±1,030.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88.1% ±5.5% (7,964  ±743.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 86.6% 40,757 (±3.1% / ±1,448.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20% ±3.4% (1,808  ±335.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rutherford County: 20.7% 9,735 (±1.5% / ±717.6)
  • 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

3.9% ±1.7% (533  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,088
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.2% ±2.3% (738  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 8% † 4,122 (±1% / ±528)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
738 Total veterans ±246 586 Male ±245 152 Female ±106

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