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Census Tract 9609, Rutherford, NC

4,919 Population
14.1 square miles 350 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forest City: 35.1 † ±5.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rutherford County: 45.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,528 ±$3,240 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Forest City: $21,314 † ±$4,614
  • 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
$40,648 ±$9,104 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Forest City: $35,524 † ±$5,910
  • 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

19.7% ±8.4% (967  ±444) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Forest City: 32.1% † 2,347 (±6.8% / ±500)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.3 minutes ±2.6 (54,015  ±14,314) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Forest City: 26.3 † 63,670 (±3.3 / ±11,298)
  • 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

2,174 ±285 Number of households
  • Forest City: 2,681 ±246
  • Rutherford County: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (4,896  ±804) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Forest City: 2.7 7,228 (±0.3 / ±47)
  • a little less than the figure in Rutherford County: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.5% ±5.3% (44  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Forest City: 12% † 191 (±6.5% / ±107)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rutherford County: 5.4% † 733 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,417 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Forest City: 3,335 ±272
  • Rutherford County: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$181,000 ±$37,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Forest City: $160,800 † ±$19,341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rutherford County: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.2% ±5.7% (546  ±292.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Forest City: 9.2% † 668 (±3% / ±215.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.9% ±10.1% (3,083  ±532.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Forest City: 84.9% † 4,009 (±9.1% / ±475.7)
  • 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)
17.9% ±5.8% (607  ±213.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Forest City: 14.7% † 692 (±4.3% / ±206.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • about half 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% ±1.4% (49  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Forest City: 5.6% † 413 (±3.8% / ±282)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rutherford County: 3.2% 2,043
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.6% ±3.2% (213  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Forest City: 7.2% † 389 (±2.4% / ±130)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rutherford County: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
213 Total veterans ±126 149 Male ±112 64 Female ±68

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