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Fork township, Wayne County, NC

10,748 Population
46.4 square miles 231.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 37.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,475 ±$3,337 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $31,216 ±$1,073
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,756 ±$13,072 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wayne County: $58,082 ±$2,512
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

7% ±3% (695  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 16.9% 19,436 (±1.5% / ±1,686)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.2 minutes ±2.6 (101,765  ±16,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 22.9 1,154,320 (±0.9 / ±53,969)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,013 ±337 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 46,888 ±589
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (9,860  ±828) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 114,638 (±0 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.2% ±5.3% (133  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wayne County: 5.5% † 1,443 (±1.1% / ±284)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,343 ±347 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 53,134 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$170,500 ±$15,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $162,700 ±$7,415
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.3% ±5.3% (2,153  ±589.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 13.6% 15,800 (±1.3% / ±1,492.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88.6% ±4.8% (6,895  ±668.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 86.4% 67,756 (±2.6% / ±2,010)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.1% ±3.8% (1,799  ±326.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 21.3% 16,729 (±1.3% / ±1,033)
  • about two-thirds 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

6.5% ±2.6% (695  ±283) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 6.9% 8,127
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

13.3% ±3.4% (1,100  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 12% 10,292 (±0.9% / ±808)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,100 Total veterans ±288 989 Male ±248 111 Female ±87

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