Polk County, North Carolina (NC)

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• • 17,81885.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,2796.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,0174.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4122.0%Some other race alone
  • 1430.7%Asian alone
  • 1270.6%Two or more races
  • 640.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 17
• Burglaries: 77
• Thefts: 146
• Auto thefts: 28

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 23
• Burglaries: 87
• Thefts: 136
• Auto thefts: 30

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,410 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,384 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Polk County is $467 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $573 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $716 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tryon, Columbus, Saluda.

Neighboring counties: Buncombe County , Crittenden County, Arkansas , Greene County , Marshall County, Mississippi , Moore County, Tennessee , Tishomingo County, Mississippi .

Current college students: 582
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 898 (47.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2702010 or later
• 1952000 to 2009
• 1341990 to 1999
• 1151980 to 1989
• 1261970 to 1979
• 204Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 50.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,776
• One, attached: 262
• Two: 104
• 3 or 4: 336
• 5 to 9: 172
• 10 to 19: 124
• 20 to 49: 95
• 50 or more: 430
• Mobile homes: 1,697
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15

Housing units in Polk County with a mortgage: 3,455 (19 second mortgage, 547 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,404

Religion statistics for Polk County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Polk County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• North Carolina Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 6, 2020 - February 19, 2020, FEMA Id: 4543, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• North Carolina Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4487, Natural disaster type: Other
• North Carolina Hurricane Florence, Incident Period: September 7, 2018 - September 29, 2018, FEMA Id: 4393, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 03, 2013 to July 14, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4146: September 25, 2013, FEMA Id: 4146, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• North Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3222: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3222, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Ivan, Incident Period: September 16, 2004 to September 23, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1553: September 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1553, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Tropical Storm Frances, Incident Period: September 07, 2004 to September 12, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1546: September 10, 2004, FEMA Id: 1546, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• North Carolina Severe Ice Storm, Incident Period: December 04, 2002 to December 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1448: December 12, 2002, FEMA Id: 1448, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• North Carolina Hurricane Fran, Incident Period: September 05, 1996 to October 21, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1134: September 06, 1996, FEMA Id: 1134, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: February 02, 1996 to February 09, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1103: February 23, 1996, FEMA Id: 1103, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.70% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($61,071 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.07% relocated from other counties in North Carolina ($20,981 average AGI)
4.63% relocated from other states ($40,090 average AGI)

Polk County:	4.63%
North Carolina average:	3.75%

from Henderson County, NC	0.96% ($48,458 average AGI)
from Spartanburg County, SC	0.75% ($45,304)
from Rutherford County, NC	0.57% ($27,814)
from Buncombe County, NC	0.52% ($48,846)
from Greenville County, SC	0.39% ($66,000)

6.62% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($58,763 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.27% relocated to other counties in North Carolina ($24,769 average AGI)
3.35% relocated to other states ($33,996 average AGI)

Polk County:	3.35%
North Carolina average:	3.07%

to Henderson County, NC	1.49% ($61,955 average AGI)
to Spartanburg County, SC	1.18% ($47,034)
to Rutherford County, NC	0.63% ($43,745)
to Buncombe County, NC	0.35% ($29,269)
to Greenville County, SC	0.27% ($51,950)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Polk County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,657 (1,189 living alone), Female householders: 4,595 (1,957 living alone)

• 4,830 spouses (4,808 opposite-sex spouses), 370 unmarried partners, (354 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,459 children (4,163 natural, 153 adopted, 142 stepchildren), 573 grandchildren, 145 brothers or sisters, 266 parents, 20 foster children, 210 other relatives, 531 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 322

Size of family households: 3,358 2-persons, 831 3-persons, 900 4-persons, 259 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 153 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,175 1-person, 422 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 6-persons.

2,109 married couples with children.
622 single-parent households (137 men, 485 women).

93.2% of residents of Polk speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $113,835,000 ($5,985 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,468,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $70,599,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,204,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $266,000
Federal grants: $18,063,000
Federal procurement contracts: $885,000 ($154,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,818,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $972,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,341,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.23 millions of gallons per day (32% from ground, 68% from surface)

• Year house built in Polk County, North Carolina
• 4202014 or later
• 2242010 to 2013
• 1,7562000 to 2009
• 2,3581990 to 1999
• 1,8421980 to 1989
• 1,6281970 to 1979
• 1,0631960 to 1969
• 7721950 to 1959
• 6051940 to 1949
• 1,2031939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, North Carolina
• 251 room
• 662 rooms
• 1603 rooms
• 6174 rooms
• 1,4155 rooms
• 1,7866 rooms
• 1,0777 rooms
• 7148 rooms
• 9789+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, North Carolina
• 1571 room
• 982 rooms
• 3053 rooms
• 7194 rooms
• 5795 rooms
• 3036 rooms
• 1007 rooms
• 918 rooms
• 439+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, North Carolina
• 30no bedroom
• 1531 bedroom
• 1,6372 bedrooms
• 3,7963 bedrooms
• 9054 bedrooms
• 3025+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, North Carolina
• 178no bedroom
• 3051 bedroom
• 1,2902 bedrooms
• 4623 bedrooms
• 1684 bedrooms
• 85+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County, North Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 164no vehicle
• 1,4081 vehicle
• 2,9932 vehicles
• 1,3783 vehicles
• 6584 vehicles
• 2765+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in renter-occupied apartments
• 353no vehicle
• 1,2091 vehicle
• 5712 vehicles
• 1353 vehicles
• 924 vehicles
• 415+ vehicles

87.7% of Polk County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 7,689
• Other state: 12,087
• Northeast: 3,020
• Midwest: 2,352
• South: 6,054
• West: 612

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 306
• Number of aged recipients: 41
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 265
• Number of recipients under 18: 37
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 195
• Number of recipients older than 64: 74
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 149
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 113