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Census Tract 9201.01, Polk, NC

2,768 Population
47.6 square miles 58.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 54.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,292 ±$5,439 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $43,211 ±$3,551
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,409 ±$8,957 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $67,758 ±$6,109
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.2% ±5.9% (643  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 14% † 2,741 (±2.8% / ±553)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.1 minutes ±5.8 (45,645  ±11,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 28.4 206,325 (±1.8 / ±19,192)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,319 ±171 Number of households
  • Polk County: 8,976 ±238
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (2,768  ±305) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,539 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±8.9% (28  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 3% † 96 (±2.1% / ±66)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,541 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 11,042 ±93
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$261,900 ±$66,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $315,000 ±$21,515
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±3% (128  ±82) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 11.4% † 2,253 (±2.5% / ±489.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±6.3% (2,123  ±274) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 93.4% 14,789 (±4.4% / ±693.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% ±5.8% (487  ±143.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 36.2% 5,733 (±2.7% / ±425.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.5% (9  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Polk County: 4.5% 893
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±3.1% (196  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 8.6% † 1,451 (±1.1% / ±180)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
196 Total veterans ±77 190 Male ±76 6 Female ±12

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