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Census Tract 9602.01, Rutherford, NC

4,972 Population
68.6 square miles 72.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rutherfordton: 38.9 † ±8.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,758 ±$3,737 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rutherfordton: $36,380 † ±$8,185
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$45,556 ±$22,693 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rutherfordton: $59,375 † ±$13,689
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.3% ±9.2% (843  ±473) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rutherfordton: 12.7% † 446 (±5.8% / ±205)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25 minutes ±4 (43,995  ±12,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherfordton: 22.3 † 29,435 (±5.7 / ±8,902)
  • a little less than the figure in Rutherford County: 26.1 636,380 (±1.1 / ±37,836)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,890 ±258 Number of households
  • Rutherfordton: 1,550 † ±174
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.3 (4,971  ±876) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rutherfordton: 2.3 † 3,502 (±0.3 / ±34)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.1% ±3.6% (33  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutherfordton: 1.8% † 14 (±3.2% / ±25)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 5.4% † 733 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,298 ±259 Number of housing units
  • Rutherfordton: 1,734 † ±214
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$226,200 ±$26,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rutherfordton: $288,400 † ±$68,226
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.3% ±2.9% (215  ±146.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rutherfordton: 22.4% † 822 (±7.9% / ±291.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.1% ±21% (3,046  ±492.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rutherfordton: 89.2% † 2,452 (±12.4% / ±380.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.3% ±5.9% (870  ±265.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rutherfordton: 35% † 962 (±8.7% / ±247.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.7% ±0.7% (33  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Rutherfordton: 7.3% † 269 (±4.8% / ±176)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,043
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.5% ±2.4% (291  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rutherfordton: 4.9% † 140 (±2.6% / ±75)
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
291 Total veterans ±105 250 Male ±99 41 Female ±35

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