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Rutherfordton township, Rutherford County, NC

12,138 Population
26.5 square miles 458 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,011 ±$3,486 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherford County: $29,217 ±$1,497
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,737 ±$9,875 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $49,771 ±$2,569
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

17.7% ±4% (2,022  ±486) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 17.6% † 11,196 (±1.9% / ±1,232)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.9 minutes ±2.6 (103,215  ±17,059) 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

5,182 ±416 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 26,589 ±473
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (11,369  ±879) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,589 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.7% ±2.3% (59  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 6.1% † 834 (±1.5% / ±206)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,885 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 32,682 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$190,800 ±$16,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $180,800 ±$8,750
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

18.9% ±4.6% (2,281  ±582.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 11.7% † 7,519 (±1.6% / ±1,030.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.6% ±4.1% (8,235  ±719.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 86.6% 40,757 (±3.1% / ±1,448.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.2% ±3.1% (2,039  ±333) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher 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

4% ±1.6% (489  ±193) 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

6.6% ±1.9% (677  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 8% † 4,122 (±1% / ±528)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
677 Total veterans ±202 591 Male ±189 86 Female ±70

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