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Rock Creek township, Wilkes County, NC

5,912 Population
31.6 square miles 187.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,638 ±$4,043 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,189 ±$12,694 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±7.1% (638  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±2.5 (65,975  ±14,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,324 ±317 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (5,912  ±907) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±6.6% (42  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,695 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$145,400 ±$34,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.6% ±2.1% (151  ±128.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±1.5% (3,403  ±579.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±6.4% (666  ±290.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • 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

4.7% ±3.3% (280  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.7% ±2% (125  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
125 Total veterans ±93 125 Male ±93 N/A Female ±19

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