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Census Tract 9603.01, Rutherford, NC

1,589 Population
39.9 square miles 39.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Lure: 61.7 ±3.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$48,599 ±$8,481 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake Lure: $67,470 † ±$12,975
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rutherford County: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$72,500 ±$18,751 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake Lure: $80,357 † ±$21,820
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rutherford County: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.6% ±8.4% (290  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake Lure: 11.5% † 177 (±7% / ±111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27.2 minutes ±2 (11,615  ±3,303) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lake Lure: 39.3 † 15,470 (±12.6 / ±7,301)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 26.1 636,380 (±1.1 / ±37,836)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

780 ±117 Number of households
  • Lake Lure: 824 † ±152
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.4 (1,589  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake Lure: 1.9 † 1,543 (±0.5 / ±238)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.7% ±8.7% (17  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Lure: 8.5% † 17 (±8% / ±17)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 5.4% † 733 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,847 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Lake Lure: 2,425 ±190
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$433,800 ±$49,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake Lure: $627,000 † ±$95,591
  • more than double the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.1% ±4.8% (160  ±78.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lake Lure: 21.6% † 332 (±8.5% / ±140.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

99.2% ±2.4% (1,344  ±181.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Lure: 97.3% † 1,339 (±21.7% / ±206.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
42.7% ±5.1% (578  ±102.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake Lure: 57.9% † 796 (±6.1% / ±153.2)
  • about double the rate in Rutherford County: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

2.6% ±2.3% (41  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lake Lure: 5.1% † 78 (±3.9% / ±61)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,043
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

11.2% ±3.4% (156  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lake Lure: 11.7% † 165 (±4.7% / ±72)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
156 Total veterans ±51 156 Male ±51 N/A Female ±14

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