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Census Tract 206, Burke, NC

6,112 Population
4.1 square miles 1,484.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Morganton: 37.8 ±3.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$25,617 ±$3,773 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morganton: $29,317 † ±$2,919
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Burke County: $32,977 ±$1,231
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$48,636 ±$11,171 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Morganton: $51,355 ±$2,582
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Burke County: $58,592 ±$3,527
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24.9% ±9.9% (1,453  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Morganton: 25.7% † 4,334 (±5% / ±835)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 15.6% † 13,313 (±2.1% / ±1,821)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

16.9 minutes ±2.4 (41,585  ±9,844) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Morganton: 17.7 121,445 (±1.3 / ±14,529)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Burke County: 23.4 881,950 (±1 / ±45,676)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,490 ±252 Number of households
  • Morganton: 6,888 ±324
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0 (5,822  ±599) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Morganton: 2.4 16,503 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in Burke County: 2.3 85,107 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.7% ±5.1% (35  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Morganton: 6.9% † 257 (±3.9% / ±146)
  • 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

2,740 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Morganton: 7,547 ±360
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$179,400 ±$53,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Morganton: $221,700 ±$21,415
  • a little less than the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

17.6% ±8.9% (1,069  ±547.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morganton: 13.8% † 2,427 (±4.4% / ±781.2)
  • about double the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

80.6% ±9.6% (3,346  ±534.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morganton: 81.2% 9,715 (±5.9% / ±836.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Burke County: 86% 55,867 (±2.8% / ±1,845)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
21.2% ±5.3% (880  ±241) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morganton: 26.1% † 3,122 (±3.1% / ±401.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

11.8% ±5.2% (722  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morganton: 10.6% † 1,874 (±2.6% / ±463)
  • more than double the rate in Burke County: 5.3% 4,672
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.8% ±1.8% (172  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morganton: 4.6% † 612 (±1.1% / ±150)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,559 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
172 Total veterans ±82 172 Male ±82 N/A Female ±19

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