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Polkville, NC

542 Population
1.9 square miles 290.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±10.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,227 ±$5,630 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $29,849 ±$1,433
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$66,607 ±$20,991 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $55,769 ±$2,864
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.5% ±10.9% (100  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 17.2% 16,925 (±1.6% / ±1,531)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.1 minutes ±3.8 (6,725  ±3,616) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 25.1 1,029,360 (±1 / ±53,130)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

189 ±63 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 37,218 ±633
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.3 (542  ±192) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 98,361 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

0.9% ±3.6% (1  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,456 (±1.7% / ±365)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

251 ±68 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 43,999 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$155,600 ±$39,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $180,200 ±$7,563
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

2% ±4.8% (11  ±26.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 8.9% † 8,793 (±1.2% / ±1,224)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.4% ±41.3% (379  ±97.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 87.5% 60,499 (±2.7% / ±1,860.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.2% ±12.4% (94  ±60.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 21.1% 14,575 (±1.4% / ±936.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

12.6% ±7.6% (54  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.4% † 5,717 (±0.8% / ±654)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
54 Total veterans ±38 47 Male ±32 7 Female ±11

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