Brices Creek, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
3,415
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
55
7.84% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
3.4%
0.0101% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$85,723
20.5% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$338,700
4.73% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,573
3.44% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Brices Creek, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.5% of the residents in Brices Creek, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Brices Creek, NC was $338,700, and the homeownership rate was 94.6%.

Most people in Brices Creek, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 21.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Brices Creek, NC was 3 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Brices Creek, NC is home to a population of 3.42k people, from which 98.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.72% of Brices Creek, NC residents were born outside of the country (127 people).

In 2024, there were 41 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.28k people) in Brices Creek, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 80 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 31 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.5%
2024 Citizenship
98.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.5% of Brices Creek, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Brices Creek, NC was 98.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Brices Creek, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.28k ± 655
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    80 ± 81
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    31 ± 48
0.469%
Hispanic Population
16 people

In 2024, there were 41 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.28k people) in Brices Creek, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 80 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 31 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

0.469% of the people in Brices Creek, NC are hispanic (16 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Brices Creek, NC as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    224,963 ± 11,520 people
  2. India
    83,219 ± 7,055 people
  3. Honduras
    48,247 ± 5,380 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 224,963 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 83,219 and Honduras with 48,247.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.72%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
127 people
4.62%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
166 people

As of 2024, 3.72% of Brices Creek, NC residents (127 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Brices Creek, NC was 4.62%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    161 ± 112
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    160 ± 107
  3. Vietnam
    49 ± 54

Brices Creek, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.01 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Brices Creek, NC employs 1.57k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Brices Creek, NC were Public Administration (294 people), Transportation & Warehousing (251 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (212 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($99,612), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($99,612), and Manufacturing ($68,194).

Employment

Occupations

1.57k
2024 Value
± 406
−3.44%
1 Year decline
± 38.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Brices Creek, NC declined at a rate of −3.44%, from 1.63k employees to 1.57k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Brices Creek, NC, are Management Occupations (366 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (274 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (127 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Brices Creek, NC.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.57k
2024 Value
± 406
−3.44%
1 Year decline
± 38.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Brices Creek, NC declined at a rate of −3.44%, from 1.63k employees to 1.57k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Brices Creek, NC, are Public Administration (294 people), Transportation & Warehousing (251 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (212 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Brices Creek, NC, though some of these residents may live in Brices Creek, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$60,988
Median earning men ± $16,142
$38,024
Median earning women ± $8,201

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($99,483), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($88,704), and Public Administration ($65,645).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($39,549) and Public Administration ($37,375).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
3.04%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Brices Creek, NC was $338,700 in 2024, which is 1.02 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $323,400 to $338,700, a 4.73% increase. The homeownership rate in Brices Creek, NC is 94.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Brices Creek, NC have an average commute time of 21.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Brices Creek, NC is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$338,700
Median Property Value 2024
±$24,187
$1,448
Median Property Taxes
±$367

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Brices Creek, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Brices Creek, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

94.6%
Homeownership
2024
71.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 94.6% of the housing units in Brices Creek, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 91%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$85,723
Median Household Income
± $11,213
1.53k
Number of Households
± 386

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.53k households in Brices Creek, NC declined from $85,723 from the previous year's value of $107,800.

The following chart displays the households in Brices Creek, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $100k - $125k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Brices Creek, NC is from North Carolina.
0.467
2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina
0.47
2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2023, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (73.8%)
  2. Worked At Home (17.5%)
  3. Carpooled (6.99%)

In 2024, 73.8% of workers in Brices Creek, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.5%) and those who carpooled to work (6.99%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

21.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Brices Creek, NC have a shorter commute time (21.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Brices Creek, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

3 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Brices Creek, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Brices Creek, NC have 3 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Brices Creek, NC (116 out of 3.42k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Males 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Brices Creek, NC is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

98.3% of the population of Brices Creek, NC has health coverage, with 36.9% on employee plans, 13.2% on Medicaid, 18% on Medicare, 26.9% on non-group plans, and 3.34% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.7% were men and 52.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 13.9% under 18 years, 13% between 18 and 34 years, 44.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 29% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.7% were men and 52.3% were women.

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Uninsured People

1.73%
Uninsured
36.9%
Employer Coverage
13.2%
Medicaid
18%
Medicare
26.9%
Non-Group
3.34%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Brices Creek, NC declined by 15.6% from 2.05% to 1.73%.

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