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Census Tract 9203.03, Polk, NC

2,202 Population
11.1 square miles 198.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saluda: 65.4 ±5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 54.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,265 ±$4,882 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Saluda: $36,130 † ±$6,685
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $43,211 ±$3,551
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$66,719 ±$13,406 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Saluda: $52,137 † ±$6,920
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $67,758 ±$6,109
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

8.3% ±3.7% (174  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Saluda: 13.2% † 79 (±11.5% / ±71)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 14% † 2,741 (±2.8% / ±553)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

28.5 minutes ±15 (16,090  ±5,070) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Saluda: 28.5 † 5,470 (±17.8 / ±2,366)
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 28.4 206,325 (±1.8 / ±19,192)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

955 ±140 Number of households
  • Saluda: 301 † ±65
  • Polk County: 8,976 ±238
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (2,119  ±328) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Saluda: 2 † 600 (±0.6 / ±124)
  • about the same as 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

11.2% ±15.6% (35  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Saluda: 0%
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 3% † 96 (±2.1% / ±66)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,338 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Saluda: 539 † ±114
  • Polk County: 11,042 ±93
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$342,300 ±$57,952 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Saluda: $372,400 † ±$47,802
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $315,000 ±$21,515
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

15.1% ±7.3% (330  ±167.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Saluda: 11.5% † 78 (±6.2% / ±44.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 11.4% † 2,253 (±2.5% / ±489.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.4% ±3.8% (1,666  ±234.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Saluda: 93.1% 527 (±4.6% / ±96.7)
  • 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)
55.7% ±8% (983  ±193.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Saluda: 53.9% † 305 (±5.9% / ±63.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 36.2% 5,733 (±2.7% / ±425.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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% ±2.9% (76  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Saluda: 2.6% † 18 (±2% / ±14)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 4.5% 893
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.7% ±3.2% (161  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Saluda: 11.5% † 68 (±7% / ±43)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 8.6% † 1,451 (±1.1% / ±180)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
161 Total veterans ±63 153 Male ±63 8 Female ±14

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