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Lanes Creek township, Union County, NC

2,551 Population
46 square miles 55.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±13.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Union County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • 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

$24,489 ±$4,828 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Union County: $46,949 ±$1,040
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,514 ±$18,816 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Union County: $102,900 ±$1,953
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.7% ±5% (197  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 7.7% 19,042 (±0.8% / ±1,888)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±16.2 (18,420  ±8,273) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Union County: 29.8 3,001,620 (±0.5 / ±79,810)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,079 ±337 Number of households
  • Union County: 84,237 ±575
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (2,551  ±798) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Union County: 3 248,118 (±0 / ±95)
  • 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

6.2% ±9% (20  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 5.1% † 3,035 (±0.6% / ±363)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,135 ±341 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 88,851 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$412,500 ±$152,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Union County: $417,300 ±$6,990
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.3% ±17.5% (439  ±464.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 10.4% 25,922 (±0.9% / ±2,197)
  • about 1.4 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

87.9% ±39.5% (1,722  ±462.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 90.9% 148,118 (±1.8% / ±2,991.3)
  • a little less than 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)
7.5% ±2.8% (147  ±76.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Union County: 40.5% 65,974 (±1.2% / ±1,945.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-fifth 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

1.9% ±2.4% (48  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Union County: 12.2% 30,533
  • 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

8.7% ±4.6% (187  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 6.3% 11,834 (±0.4% / ±731)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
187 Total veterans ±116 167 Male ±100 20 Female ±32

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