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Jacks Creek township, Yancey County, NC

1,527 Population
21.8 square miles 70.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±5.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Yancey County: 47.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,883 ±$5,108 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $34,699 † ±$3,547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,236 ±$12,125 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Yancey County: $54,961 † ±$5,646
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

6.6% ±4.6% (101  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Yancey County: 14.9% † 2,763 (±2.6% / ±475)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

32.3 minutes ±15 (20,110  ±11,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Yancey County: 27.6 188,715 (±2 / ±18,205)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

685 ±155 Number of households
  • Yancey County: 8,188 ±286
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0 (1,527  ±346) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Yancey County: 2.3 18,516 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.7% ±6.5% (12  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Yancey County: 7.6% † 270 (±2.7% / ±98)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

932 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Yancey County: 11,317 ±24
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$193,000 ±$36,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Yancey County: $222,300 ±$12,175
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.7% ±5% (117  ±79.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Yancey County: 8.6% † 1,587 (±2% / ±377.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.7% ±29.1% (1,029  ±220.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yancey County: 88.1% 12,380 (±5% / ±704.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.5% ±8.8% (245  ±109.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yancey County: 23% † 3,231 (±2.5% / ±355.6)
  • 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

1.7% ±2.1% (26  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Yancey County: 3% 560
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.9% ±2.9% (44  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Yancey County: 6.9% † 1,048 (±1.2% / ±183)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
44 Total veterans ±34 44 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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