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Census Tract 9606, Rutherford, NC

4,161 Population
6.6 square miles 634.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Spindale: 44.9 ±3.4
  • 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

$24,219 ±$3,201 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Spindale: $26,559 † ±$4,260
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$41,896 ±$5,762 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Spindale: $41,262 † ±$5,636
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

22.1% ±8.9% (835  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Spindale: 21.8% † 820 (±8.8% / ±331)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27.3 minutes ±5.6 (35,045  ±9,742) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spindale: 25.3 † 35,975 (±4.7 / ±9,665)
  • 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

1,813 ±226 Number of households
  • Spindale: 1,865 ±152
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.4 (3,771  ±428) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Spindale: 2 3,756 (±0.2 / ±23)
  • about 90 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

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

Housing

2,066 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Spindale: 2,118 ±183
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$155,600 ±$56,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Spindale: $167,400 † ±$43,847
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

18.5% ±7% (770  ±302.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Spindale: 17.9% † 738 (±5.7% / ±234.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

79.6% ±7.7% (2,583  ±388.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Spindale: 81.6% † 2,598 (±10% / ±369.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
14.7% ±4.7% (476  ±163.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Spindale: 15.5% † 492 (±5% / ±162.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rutherford County: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.6% ±0.7% (26  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Spindale: 0.6% † 26 (±0.7% / ±27)
  • 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

7.7% ±4% (270  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Spindale: 8.1% † 290 (±4.1% / ±147)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
270 Total veterans ±142 229 Male ±127 41 Female ±48

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