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Census Tract 213.01, Burke, NC

5,710 Population
16.1 square miles 355.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salem: 41.3 † ±5.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$21,789 ±$2,949 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Salem: $30,654 † ±$5,250
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Burke County: $32,977 ±$1,231
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$55,525 ±$12,444 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Salem: $68,988 † ±$13,864
  • a little less than the amount in Burke County: $58,592 ±$3,527
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

29.3% ±10.4% (1,375  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Salem: 19.1% † 450 (±11.3% / ±279)
  • nearly double the rate in Burke County: 15.6% † 13,313 (±2.1% / ±1,821)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

19.3 minutes ±1.7 (37,110  ±9,274) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Salem: 20.6 † 19,595 (±3.3 / ±6,088)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burke County: 23.4 881,950 (±1 / ±45,676)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,822 ±179 Number of households
  • Salem: 1,045 † ±172
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.3 (4,428  ±665) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Salem: 2.3 2,377 (±0.2 / ±447)
  • a little higher than the figure in Burke County: 2.3 85,107 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

16.7% ±12% (175  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Salem: 16.1% † 88 (±12% / ±71)
  • more than double the rate in Burke County: 6% † 1,036 (±1.6% / ±271)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,974 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Salem: 1,188 † ±208
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$144,600 ±$25,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Salem: $159,100 † ±$32,486
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

19.8% ±7.7% (1,125  ±457.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Salem: 1.6% † 36 (±2.2% / ±51.1)
  • more than double the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

80.5% ±6.5% (3,134  ±370.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salem: 87.8% 1,556 (±1.4% / ±269.6)
  • 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)
12.9% ±4.1% (503  ±163.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Salem: 22.8% † 405 (±7.8% / ±155.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • about one-third 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

3.5% ±2.8% (202  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Salem: 4.9% † 117 (±5.2% / ±126)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Burke County: 5.3% 4,672
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.5% ±2.5% (259  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Salem: 12.3% † 230 (±6% / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burke County: 6.4% † 4,559 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
259 Total veterans ±122 251 Male ±121 8 Female ±13

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