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Census Tract 9704, McDowell, NC

2,269 Population
1.6 square miles 1,459.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Marion: 39.1 ±2.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 44.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$20,585 ±$4,225 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion: $22,092 ±$1,987
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McDowell County: $30,395 ±$1,351
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$34,861 ±$22,728 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Marion: $51,314 † ±$16,150
  • about three-fifths of the amount in McDowell County: $57,168 ±$4,181
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

34.1% ±14.8% (766  ±360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marion: 23.5% † 1,538 (±6% / ±395)
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 14.8% † 6,447 (±2.1% / ±929)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.9 minutes ±3.2 (16,190  ±4,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marion: 21.7 † 55,285 (±3.1 / ±10,068)
  • a little less than the figure in McDowell County: 24.7 442,125 (±1 / ±24,955)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

955 ±171 Number of households
  • Marion: 2,869 ±208
  • McDowell County: 18,638 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0 (2,246  ±403) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion: 2.3 6,500 (±0.2 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in McDowell County: 2.3 43,386 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

9.7% ±12% (45  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Marion: 4.2% † 72 (±4.6% / ±80)
  • nearly double the rate in McDowell County: 5.4% † 505 (±2.2% / ±211)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,157 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Marion: 3,323 ±261
  • McDowell County: 21,575 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$101,400 ±$27,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Marion: $163,500 ±$10,443
  • about three-fifths of the amount in McDowell County: $171,100 ±$10,414
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.1% ±3.2% (91  ±74.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Marion: 11.2% † 846 (±4.6% / ±348)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 9.5% † 4,202 (±1.8% / ±790.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

76.6% ±10.2% (1,192  ±268) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Marion: 80% 4,316 (±6.9% / ±440.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 85.3% 28,082 (±3.5% / ±1,178.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
13.2% ±7% (206  ±115.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marion: 15.6% † 840 (±4.1% / ±225.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McDowell County: 18.1% 5,958 (±1.7% / ±567.1)
  • about two-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

21.4% ±8.2% (485  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marion: 12.2% † 921 (±3.1% / ±233)
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 3.2% 1,426
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

1.9% ±1.7% (34  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marion: 2.9% † 175 (±1% / ±63)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in McDowell County: 7.6% † 2,760 (±1% / ±376)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
34 Total veterans ±31 34 Male ±31 N/A Female ±14

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