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Cane River township, Yancey County, NC

1,609 Population
25.5 square miles 63.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±3.8 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

$54,042 ±$27,665 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Yancey County: $36,664 † ±$3,880
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,017 ±$17,711 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Yancey County: $58,709 ±$5,720
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±9.1% (269  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 15.2% † 2,833 (±2.2% / ±418)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±11.8 (15,460  ±5,104) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 27.1 186,160 (±0.4 / ±13,603)
  • 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

703 ±165 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,130 ±353
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,609  ±388) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,632 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • 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

5.4% ±11.8% (13  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 6.6% † 234 (±3.6% / ±127)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

954 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,376 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$271,300 ±$34,287 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Yancey County: $243,100 ±$17,235
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±8.3% (151  ±137) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 7.9% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±395)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±31.1% (1,259  ±283.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Yancey County: 90.7% 12,968 (±5.3% / ±763.5)
  • a little higher than 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)
20.7% ±8.3% (278  ±130.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 25.1% † 3,584 (±2.8% / ±403.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

8% ±7.3% (129  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Yancey County: 3.2% 601
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.6% ±6.9% (163  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Yancey County: 6.7% † 1,031 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
163 Total veterans ±105 149 Male ±102 14 Female ±22

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