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Eldora township, Surry County, NC

3,438 Population
30.5 square miles 112.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Surry County: 43.8 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,376 ±$6,487 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Surry County: $32,573 ±$1,450
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,844 ±$14,562 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Surry County: $55,656 ±$3,280
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±6.4% (492  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Surry County: 16.8% † 11,829 (±1.8% / ±1,232)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.5 minutes ±7.7 (50,950  ±14,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Surry County: 24.3 709,520 (±0.9 / ±33,474)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,527 ±173 Number of households
  • Surry County: 29,869 ±421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (3,438  ±434) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Surry County: 2.4 70,384 (±0 / ±270)
  • 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

9.1% ±7% (73  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Surry County: 6% † 885 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,680 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Surry County: 33,747 ±137
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,400 ±$63,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Surry County: $177,600 ±$7,293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±6.7% (288  ±227.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Surry County: 9.1% † 6,414 (±1.2% / ±840.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±6.7% (2,066  ±311.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Surry County: 83.8% 42,541 (±2.7% / ±1,369.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±6.4% (426  ±166.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Surry County: 20.4% 10,358 (±1.3% / ±640.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

1.8% ±2.4% (61  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Surry County: 6.1% 4,358
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±2.4% (121  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Surry County: 6.3% 3,550 (±0.6% / ±330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
121 Total veterans ±66 109 Male ±65 12 Female ±18

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