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Census Tract 203.03, Burke, NC

4,502 Population
14.3 square miles 313.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Salem: 41.3 † ±5.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,398 ±$4,485 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Salem: $30,654 † ±$5,250
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $32,977 ±$1,231
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$72,859 ±$10,378 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Salem: $68,988 † ±$13,864
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $58,592 ±$3,527
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

2.8% ±2.2% (126  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Salem: 19.1% † 450 (±11.3% / ±279)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Burke County: 15.6% † 13,313 (±2.1% / ±1,821)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.4 minutes ±1.8 (53,465  ±11,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Salem: 20.6 † 19,595 (±3.3 / ±6,088)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Burke County: 23.4 881,950 (±1 / ±45,676)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,023 ±280 Number of households
  • Salem: 1,045 † ±172
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.4 (4,502  ±602) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Salem: 2.3 2,377 (±0.2 / ±447)
  • a little less than the figure in Burke County: 2.3 85,107 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.6% ±4.1% (30  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Salem: 16.1% † 88 (±12% / ±71)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 6% † 1,036 (±1.6% / ±271)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,068 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Salem: 1,188 † ±208
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$196,000 ±$43,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Salem: $159,100 † ±$32,486
  • a little higher than the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.3% ±2.9% (192  ±133.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Salem: 1.6% † 36 (±2.2% / ±51.1)
  • about half the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.7% ±4.4% (3,171  ±470) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Salem: 87.8% 1,556 (±1.4% / ±269.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Burke County: 86% 55,867 (±2.8% / ±1,845)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
28.4% ±6.1% (992  ±253.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Salem: 22.8% † 405 (±7.8% / ±155.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±1% (27  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Salem: 4.9% † 117 (±5.2% / ±126)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Burke County: 5.3% 4,672
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.6% ±4% (302  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Salem: 12.3% † 230 (±6% / ±119)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,559 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
302 Total veterans ±164 249 Male ±102 53 Female ±76

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