Chimney Rock Village, North Carolina Population and Demographics
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Chimney Rock Village is a village in Rutherford County, North Carolina, with a population of 140. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 75.00% of residents identify as white, 0.00% as Black or African American, 1.40% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.00% as Asian, 0.00% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 7.10% as Hispanic or Latino, and 16.40% as some other race or combination of races.
Nationally, some 61.1% of Americans identify as white, 12.3% as Black or African American, 0.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.4% as Asian, 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6% as some other race or combination of races.
Census respondents are also asked to report ancestry. Some of the most commonly reported ancestries in Chimney Rock Village include German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, English, and Italian. Measured by location quotient — comparing the village share to the national share — some of the most highly concentrated ancestries in village are Scotch-Irish, Welsh, and French Canadian.
An estimated 97.90% of Chimney Rock Village residents are native-born, meaning they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad to a U.S. citizen. Of the 2.10% of the population that is foreign-born, 100.00% have become naturalized U.S. citizens. Nationwide, 86.5% of Americans are native-born. And of the 13.5% of Americans who are foreign-born, 48.5% have become naturalized U.S. citizens.
The population of Chimney Rock Village is older than the United States as a whole. The median age is 47.5 years, 9.6 years more than the national median age of 37.9 years. An estimated 27.10% of the population is 65 years and over, compared to 15.2% of the U.S. population.
Family and household composition also varies heavily across the United States. In Chimney Rock Village, 58.30% of households are occupied by married-couple families, compared to the 48.3% national figure. Some 0.00% of households are occupied by single male householders, 1.70% by single female householders, and 40.00% by non-family occupants. Nationwide, 4.9% of households are occupied by single male householders, 12.6% by single female householders, and 34.3% by non-family occupants. An estimated 60.00% of heads of household own their homes, compared to the national homeownership rate of 63.8%.
English is by far the most commonly spoken language in North Carolina and across the U.S. as a whole. Similarly, in Chimney Rock Village, 100% of local residents aged 5 and up speak English exclusively, or, if they are multilingual, speak English very well. For context, 95.4% of the 5 and older population across North Carolina only speaks English, or speak it very well, and 91.5% of the same age group nationwide do.
Residents of Chimney Rock Village are more likely than the typical American to be married. Of all local residents aged 15 and older, 65% are currently married, compared to 48.1% of Americans nationwide in the same age group. Across North Carolina as a whole, 48.9% of residents 15 and older are married.
Divorce is slightly less common in Chimney Rock Village than it is across the U.S. as a whole. According to Census estimates, 10.7% of residents 15 and older are divorced — compared to 10.8% of the U.S. population in the same age group. In North Carolina, 10.8% of the 15 and older population is divorced.
An estimated 13.6% of Chimney Rock Village residents 15 and older have never married, compared to one-third of all Americans in the same age group.
In Chimney Rock Village, 11.7% of the 18 and older civilian population are veterans — compared to 7.5% of adult civilians nationwide and 8.6% of the civilian population in all of North Carolina.
In Chimney Rock Village, adults are more likely to have a high school education than the typical American adult, but are less likely to have a four-year college education. Among Chimney Rock Village residents 25 and older, 94.10% have a high school diploma or equivalent, and 29.70% have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 87.7% and 31.5% of adults nationwide, respectively. Across North Carolina, 87.4% of adults have graduated high school, and 30.5 have a bachelor’s degree.
The typical household in Chimney Rock Village earns $31,500 a year, about $28,800 less than the national median of $60,293 and $20,900 less than the median household income across the state of $52,413.
Serious financial hardship is less common in Chimney Rock Village than it is nationwide. The local poverty rate stands at 8.60%, while the national poverty rate is 14.1%. Across the state as a whole, 15.4% of the population lives below the poverty line.
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