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Census Tract 9203.04, Polk, NC

2,795 Population
17.4 square miles 160.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.8 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Tryon: 58.4 ±5.8
  • 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

$59,775 ±$17,406 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tryon: $39,930 † ±$7,236
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Polk County: $43,211 ±$3,551
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$70,574 ±$10,798 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tryon: $57,721 † ±$15,041
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $67,758 ±$6,109
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18% ±8.7% (490  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tryon: 22.3% † 388 (±13.6% / ±245)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 14% † 2,741 (±2.8% / ±553)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.7 minutes ±1.8 (22,685  ±5,694) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tryon: 21.6 † 14,720 (±2.2 / ±4,183)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 28.4 206,325 (±1.8 / ±19,192)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,568 ±177 Number of households
  • Tryon: 980 † ±158
  • Polk County: 8,976 ±238
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.7 ±0.3 (2,725  ±307) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tryon: 1.8 † 1,740 (±0.4 / ±269)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,539 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.8% ±1.8% (3  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tryon: 0.9% † 3 (±2% / ±7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Polk County: 3% † 96 (±2.1% / ±66)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,764 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Tryon: 1,054 † ±160
  • Polk County: 11,042 ±93
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$346,800 ±$55,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tryon: $306,900 † ±$59,189
  • 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

16.8% ±5.8% (470  ±169) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tryon: 22.8% † 411 (±8.3% / ±161.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 11.4% † 2,253 (±2.5% / ±489.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.7% ±5.7% (2,402  ±290.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tryon: 96.1% 1,532 (±6.6% / ±234.8)
  • 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)
51.3% ±6.3% (1,301  ±211.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tryon: 51.2% † 816 (±8.3% / ±172.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 36.2% 5,733 (±2.7% / ±425.3)
  • about 1.4 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

7.2% ±3.1% (201  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tryon: 9.9% † 180 (±4.5% / ±86)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 4.5% 893
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.9% ±3% (339  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tryon: 7.9% † 130 (±2.9% / ±50)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 8.6% † 1,451 (±1.1% / ±180)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
339 Total veterans ±86 321 Male ±86 18 Female ±18

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