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Big Creek township, Stokes County, NC

2,094 Population
50.1 square miles 41.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±9.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Stokes County: 47.7 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,668 ±$27,825 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Stokes County: $33,945 ±$2,166
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,908 ±$22,535 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Stokes County: $62,969 ±$2,276
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±4.5% (126  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Stokes County: 11.2% † 4,956 (±1.7% / ±748)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.1 minutes ±19.3 (28,390  ±10,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Stokes County: 31.6 572,935 (±2.5 / ±51,594)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

915 ±263 Number of households
  • Stokes County: 19,546 ±331
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.9 (2,091  ±540) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Stokes County: 2.3 44,600 (±0 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,056 ±269 Number of housing units
  • Stokes County: 21,497 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,000 ±$12,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Stokes County: $196,700 ±$8,788
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±7% (157  ±152.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Stokes County: 9% † 4,041 (±2.1% / ±936.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±31.9% (1,423  ±345.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Stokes County: 91.4% 30,653 (±3.9% / ±1,320.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.4% ±11.6% (404  ±212.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Stokes County: 18.2% 6,109 (±1.8% / ±608.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±0.2% (1  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Stokes County: 1.5% 665
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.5% ±6.9% (222  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Stokes County: 7.3% † 2,674 (±0.9% / ±338)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
222 Total veterans ±127 173 Male ±102 49 Female ±74

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