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Census Tract 209.02, Burke, NC

3,532 Population
4.4 square miles 797.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Valdese: 52.6 † ±5.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,877 ±$9,852 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Valdese: $41,651 † ±$9,045
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $32,977 ±$1,231
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$52,211 ±$26,877 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Valdese: $50,740 † ±$6,175
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Burke County: $58,592 ±$3,527
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.1% ±7.2% (569  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Valdese: 12.8% † 588 (±6.1% / ±279)
  • a little higher than the rate in Burke County: 15.6% † 13,313 (±2.1% / ±1,821)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.5 minutes ±5.1 (34,550  ±11,680) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Valdese: 26.5 † 49,710 (±2.7 / ±10,040)
  • about the same as the figure in Burke County: 23.4 881,950 (±1 / ±45,676)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,795 ±299 Number of households
  • Valdese: 2,378 ±209
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.4 (3,531  ±514) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Valdese: 1.9 4,585 (±0.2 / ±27)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burke County: 2.3 85,107 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6% ±6.1% (42  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Valdese: 0%
  • about the same as the rate in Burke County: 6% † 1,036 (±1.6% / ±271)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,983 ±288 Number of housing units
  • Valdese: 2,427 ±222
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$164,400 ±$37,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Valdese: $209,800 † ±$39,675
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6% ±3.9% (210  ±139.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Valdese: 5.8% † 272 (±2.8% / ±129.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.5% ±6.9% (2,472  ±417.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Valdese: 94.5% † 3,444 (±11.8% / ±478.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Burke County: 86% 55,867 (±2.8% / ±1,845)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
31.3% ±8.4% (819  ±253.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Valdese: 37.3% † 1,358 (±8% / ±301.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • about 90 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

8% ±5.3% (284  ±190) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Valdese: 5.7% † 266 (±4% / ±187)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Burke County: 5.3% 4,672
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.5% ±1.8% (70  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Valdese: 7.9% † 306 (±3.3% / ±128)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,559 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
70 Total veterans ±52 70 Male ±52 N/A Female ±14

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