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Census Tract 9608, Rutherford, NC

4,561 Population
5.4 square miles 850.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Forest City: 35.1 † ±5.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$21,146 ±$6,614 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Forest City: $21,314 † ±$4,614
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rutherford County: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$31,755 ±$7,623 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Forest City: $35,524 † ±$5,910
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rutherford County: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

32.9% ±9.1% (1,495  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Forest City: 32.1% † 2,347 (±6.8% / ±500)
  • about double the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

26.5 minutes ±2.9 (44,065  ±10,064) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Forest City: 26.3 † 63,670 (±3.3 / ±11,298)
  • about the same as the figure in Rutherford County: 26.1 636,380 (±1.1 / ±37,836)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,728 ±236 Number of households
  • Forest City: 2,681 ±246
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.5 (4,499  ±508) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Forest City: 2.7 7,228 (±0.3 / ±47)
  • 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

7.6% ±5.7% (84  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Forest City: 12% † 191 (±6.5% / ±107)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rutherford County: 5.4% † 733 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,050 ±271 Number of housing units
  • Forest City: 3,335 ±272
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$151,700 ±$22,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Forest City: $160,800 † ±$19,341
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.3% ±2.3% (239  ±109.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Forest City: 9.2% † 668 (±3% / ±215.4)
  • about half the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

84% ±7.5% (2,369  ±375.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forest City: 84.9% † 4,009 (±9.1% / ±475.7)
  • a little less than 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)
14.3% ±5.8% (404  ±171.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forest City: 14.7% † 692 (±4.3% / ±206.4)
  • 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

8.9% ±6.1% (406  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Forest City: 5.6% † 413 (±3.8% / ±282)
  • more than double the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,043
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.7% ±2.5% (155  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Forest City: 7.2% † 389 (±2.4% / ±130)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
155 Total veterans ±84 137 Male ±80 18 Female ±20

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