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Egypt township, Yancey County, NC

884 Population
23.4 square miles 37.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 47.9 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,730 ±$17,741 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Yancey County: $34,699 † ±$3,547
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
N/A Median household income

17.3% ±14.1% (153  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 14.9% † 2,763 (±2.6% / ±475)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.2 minutes ±23.7 (5,945  ±3,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 27.6 188,715 (±2 / ±18,205)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

479 ±148 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,188 ±286
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.1 (884  ±274) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,516 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

821 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,317 ±24
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$414,600 ±$155,952 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Yancey County: $222,300 ±$12,175
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.1% ±13% (125  ±120.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Yancey County: 8.6% † 1,587 (±2% / ±377.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88.2% ±10.8% (683  ±202.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 88.1% 12,380 (±5% / ±704.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
27.9% ±12.7% (216  ±114.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 23% † 3,231 (±2.5% / ±355.6)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.1% ±0.3% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 3% 560
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.8% ±9% (105  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Yancey County: 6.9% † 1,048 (±1.2% / ±183)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
105 Total veterans ±80 95 Male ±77 10 Female ±16

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