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Morgan township, Rutherford County, NC

1,593 Population
35.6 square miles 44.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.3 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,280 ±$8,205 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rutherford County: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,819 ±$22,516 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rutherford County: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

43% ±25.6% (685  ±472) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±15.6 (6,780  ±3,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 26.1 636,380 (±1.1 / ±37,836)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

728 ±240 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,593  ±553) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±8.3% (18  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 5.4% † 733 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

928 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$206,500 ±$60,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.8% ±3.3% (44  ±55.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79% ±38.5% (1,072  ±329.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±11.5% (295  ±191.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.1% ±0.1% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,043
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2.8% (102  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
102 Total veterans ±55 102 Male ±55 N/A Female ±14

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