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Polkville, NC

536 Population
1.9 square miles 287.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±11.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,693 ±$5,959 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $30,294 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,688 ±$20,471 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $58,534 ±$2,730
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±8.2% (54  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 16.6% 16,432 (±1.6% / ±1,602)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±2.1 (6,985  ±3,369) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 25.3 1,038,550 (±1 / ±52,386)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

207 ±69 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 38,850 ±585
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (536  ±197) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 99,070 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

258 ±69 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 44,304 ±71
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$179,500 ±$38,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $200,000 ±$8,612
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.2% ±5.8% (17  ±31.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 9.3% † 9,286 (±1.3% / ±1,280.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±43.2% (376  ±98.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 88.4% 61,641 (±2.7% / ±1,871.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±12.9% (105  ±65.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 22% 15,301 (±1.3% / ±911.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

16.4% ±11.4% (71  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.3% † 5,720 (±0.8% / ±593)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±56 59 Male ±41 12 Female ±19

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