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Census Tract 9706, McDowell, NC

3,476 Population
14.4 square miles 240.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion: 39.1 ±2.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 44.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,816 ±$3,336 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Marion: $22,092 ±$1,987
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $30,395 ±$1,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$60,156 ±$17,203 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marion: $51,314 † ±$16,150
  • a little higher than the amount in McDowell County: $57,168 ±$4,181
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.1% ±6.7% (594  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marion: 23.5% † 1,538 (±6% / ±395)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 14.8% † 6,447 (±2.1% / ±929)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.7 minutes ±2.6 (40,965  ±10,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marion: 21.7 † 55,285 (±3.1 / ±10,068)
  • about the same as the figure in McDowell County: 24.7 442,125 (±1 / ±24,955)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,336 ±155 Number of households
  • Marion: 2,869 ±208
  • McDowell County: 18,638 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.4 (3,476  ±387) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marion: 2.3 6,500 (±0.2 / ±40)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McDowell County: 2.3 43,386 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,483 ±148 Number of housing units
  • Marion: 3,323 ±261
  • McDowell County: 21,575 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$204,300 ±$58,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Marion: $163,500 ±$10,443
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $171,100 ±$10,414
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.9% ±4.9% (205  ±172.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Marion: 11.2% † 846 (±4.6% / ±348)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 9.5% † 4,202 (±1.8% / ±790.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.8% ±7.4% (2,058  ±284.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion: 80% 4,316 (±6.9% / ±440.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in McDowell County: 85.3% 28,082 (±3.5% / ±1,178.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.8% ±5.4% (436  ±135.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marion: 15.6% † 840 (±4.1% / ±225.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in McDowell County: 18.1% 5,958 (±1.7% / ±567.1)
  • 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

3% ±2.8% (104  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Marion: 12.2% † 921 (±3.1% / ±233)
  • a little less than the rate in McDowell County: 3.2% 1,426
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.7% ±2.5% (183  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Marion: 2.9% † 175 (±1% / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 7.6% † 2,760 (±1% / ±376)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
183 Total veterans ±71 163 Male ±73 20 Female ±23

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