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Jackson township, Union County, NC

15,285 Population
58.4 square miles 261.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • 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

$39,563 ±$2,989 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Union County: $46,949 ±$1,040
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,523 ±$11,574 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $102,900 ±$1,953
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±3% (1,310  ±461) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 7.7% 19,042 (±0.8% / ±1,888)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.5 minutes ±6.7 (195,035  ±27,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 29.8 3,001,620 (±0.5 / ±79,810)
  • 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

5,252 ±375 Number of households
  • Union County: 84,237 ±575
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (15,155  ±1,347) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 3 248,118 (±0 / ±95)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±3.9% (260  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 5.1% † 3,035 (±0.6% / ±363)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,786 ±364 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 88,851 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$402,400 ±$25,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Union County: $417,300 ±$6,990
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.8% ±4.3% (2,529  ±682.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 10.4% 25,922 (±0.9% / ±2,197)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±10.5% (9,775  ±781.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 90.9% 148,118 (±1.8% / ±2,991.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.2% ±4.2% (4,057  ±551.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 40.5% 65,974 (±1.2% / ±1,945.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

11.8% ±3.5% (1,810  ±563) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 12.2% 30,533
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.4% (775  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 6.3% 11,834 (±0.4% / ±731)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
775 Total veterans ±177 655 Male ±152 120 Female ±71

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