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Census Tract 9604, Rutherford, NC

3,324 Population
27.2 square miles 122.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±5.1 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

$36,954 ±$7,714 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherfordton: $36,380 † ±$8,185
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$77,422 ±$9,549 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rutherfordton: $59,375 † ±$13,689
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rutherford County: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9.7% ±4.3% (319  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rutherfordton: 12.7% † 446 (±5.8% / ±205)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.8 minutes ±2.3 (38,480  ±9,567) 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

1,371 ±208 Number of households
  • Rutherfordton: 1,550 † ±174
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.1 (3,305  ±532) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherfordton: 2.3 † 3,502 (±0.3 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,588 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Rutherfordton: 1,734 † ±214
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$267,800 ±$35,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rutherfordton: $288,400 † ±$68,226
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.4% ±8.8% (278  ±294.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rutherfordton: 22.4% † 822 (±7.9% / ±291.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.8% ±1.8% (2,192  ±371.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherfordton: 89.2% † 2,452 (±12.4% / ±380.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
36% ±8.3% (878  ±250.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rutherfordton: 35% † 962 (±8.7% / ±247.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about the same as 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

1.3% ±1.5% (43  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rutherfordton: 7.3% † 269 (±4.8% / ±176)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,043
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.5% ±1.9% (92  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rutherfordton: 4.9% † 140 (±2.6% / ±75)
  • about half the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
92 Total veterans ±53 92 Male ±53 N/A Female ±14

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