Old Fort, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
555
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
53.4
2.5% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
13.7%
2.17% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$47,500
5.67% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$135,900
11.9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
313
3.3% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Old Fort, 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.

99.5% of the residents in Old Fort, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Old Fort, NC was $135,900, and the homeownership rate was 48.3%.

Most people in Old Fort, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Old Fort, NC was 1 car per household.

United StatesNorth CarolinaMcDowell County, NCMarion, NCBurke & McDowell Counties PUMA, NC

Population & Diversity

Old Fort, NC is home to a population of 555 people, from which 99.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 0.541% of Old Fort, NC residents were born outside of the country (3 people).

In 2024, there were 16.9 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (472 people) in Old Fort, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 28 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 27 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.5%
2024 Citizenship
99.7%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.5% of Old Fort, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Old Fort, NC was 99.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Old Fort, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    472 ± 110
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    28 ± 24
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    27 ± 25
3.06%
Hispanic Population
17 people

In 2024, there were 16.9 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (472 people) in Old Fort, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 28 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 27 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

3.06% of the people in Old Fort, NC are hispanic (17 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Old Fort, 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

0.541%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
3 people
0.311%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2 people

As of 2024, 0.541% of Old Fort, NC residents (3 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 Old Fort, NC was 0.311%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    9 ± 24
  2. World War II
    8 ± 13
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    3 ± 15

Old Fort, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.13 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Old Fort, NC employs 313 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Old Fort, NC were Other Services, Except Public Administration (45 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (42 people), and Manufacturing (40 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($47,266), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($46,776), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($40,357).

Employment

Occupations

313
2024 Value
± 109
3.3%
1 Year growth
± 48.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Old Fort, NC grew at a rate of 3.3%, from 303 employees to 313 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Old Fort, NC, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (48 people), Healthcare Support Occupations (32 people), and Production Occupations (28 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Old Fort, 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

313
2024 Value
± 109
3.3%
1 Year growth
± 48.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Old Fort, NC grew at a rate of 3.3%, from 303 employees to 313 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Old Fort, NC, are Other Services, Except Public Administration (45 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (42 people), and Manufacturing (40 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Old Fort, NC, though some of these residents may live in Old Fort, 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

$36,217
Median earning men ± $1,630
$41,786
Median earning women ± $12,160

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,083), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($36,979), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($36,087).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($47,813), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($46,719), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($42,500).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.
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 Old Fort, NC was $135,900 in 2024, which is 0.408 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $121,400 to $135,900, a 11.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Old Fort, NC is 48.3%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Old Fort, NC have an average commute time of 24.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Old Fort, NC is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$135,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$32,954
$141
Median Property Taxes
±$52

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 Old Fort, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

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

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Rent vs Own

48.3%
Homeownership
2024
65.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 48.3% of the housing units in Old Fort, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 52.1%.

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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.
$47,500
Median Household Income
± $5,632
292
Number of Households
± 78

In 2024, the median household income of the 292 households in Old Fort, NC declined from $47,500 from the previous year's value of $50,357.

The following chart displays the households in Old Fort, 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 $10k - $15k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Old Fort, 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 (76.3%)
  2. Carpooled (11.4%)
  3. Walked (6.69%)

In 2024, 76.3% of workers in Old Fort, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.4%) and those who walked to work (6.69%).

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

24.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Old Fort, NC have a shorter commute time (24.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.709% of the workforce in Old Fort, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Old Fort, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Old Fort, NC have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

13.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Old Fort, NC (76 out of 555 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 45 - 54.

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

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

93.5% of the population of Old Fort, NC has health coverage, with 36.2% on employee plans, 16.2% on Medicaid, 20% on Medicare, 17.7% on non-group plans, and 3.42% 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, 49.5% were men and 50.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 13.3% under 18 years, 22.7% between 18 and 34 years, 38.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 25.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.5% were men and 50.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

6.49%
Uninsured
36.2%
Employer Coverage
16.2%
Medicaid
20%
Medicare
17.7%
Non-Group
3.42%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Old Fort, NC declined by 5.21% from 6.84% to 6.49%.

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