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Census Tract 214, Burke, NC

4,704 Population
7.5 square miles 627.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Morganton: 37.8 ±3.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burke County: 44.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,209 ±$6,330 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 two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$49,107 ±$10,574 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

28.3% ±9.9% (1,209  ±456) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morganton: 25.7% † 4,334 (±5% / ±835)
  • 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)

16 minutes ±1.6 (29,460  ±6,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morganton: 17.7 121,445 (±1.3 / ±14,529)
  • about two-thirds 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

1,860 ±274 Number of households
  • Morganton: 6,888 ±324
  • Burke County: 36,306 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.5 (4,246  ±586) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Morganton: 2.4 16,503 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • 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

1.7% ±2.3% (18  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Morganton: 6.9% † 257 (±3.9% / ±146)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Burke County: 6% † 1,036 (±1.6% / ±271)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,098 ±282 Number of housing units
  • Morganton: 7,547 ±360
  • Burke County: 40,358 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$215,600 ±$42,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Morganton: $221,700 ±$21,415
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Burke County: $185,400 ±$10,642
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.2% ±3.8% (431  ±185.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morganton: 13.8% † 2,427 (±4.4% / ±781.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Burke County: 8.8% † 7,696 (±1.4% / ±1,201)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

78.1% ±5.7% (2,471  ±387) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Morganton: 81.2% 9,715 (±5.9% / ±836.3)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
18.5% ±5.2% (584  ±184.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morganton: 26.1% † 3,122 (±3.1% / ±401.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burke County: 21% 13,658 (±1.4% / ±893.9)
  • about half 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

10.8% ±6.2% (509  ±298) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Morganton: 10.6% † 1,874 (±2.6% / ±463)
  • about double the rate in Burke County: 5.3% 4,672
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.5% ±2.4% (125  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Morganton: 4.6% † 612 (±1.1% / ±150)
  • about half 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)
125 Total veterans ±88 117 Male ±87 8 Female ±12

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