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Brush Creek township, Yancey County, NC

577 Population
12.2 square miles 47.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 49.2 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,787 ±$6,509 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $36,664 † ±$3,880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,765 ±$25,844 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $58,709 ±$5,720
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±7.8% (58  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Yancey County: 15.2% † 2,833 (±2.2% / ±418)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±20.5 (5,820  ±2,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 27.1 186,160 (±0.4 / ±13,603)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

272 ±74 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,130 ±353
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (577  ±164) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,632 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

464 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,376 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,500 ±$74,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $243,100 ±$17,235
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±6.6% (37  ±39.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 7.9% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±395)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.5% ±35.8% (473  ±117) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 90.7% 12,968 (±5.3% / ±763.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.5% ±10.4% (151  ±64.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 25.1% † 3,584 (±2.8% / ±403.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.3% ±8.2% (47  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Yancey County: 6.7% † 1,031 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±43 47 Male ±43 N/A Female ±14

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