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Polkton town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Polkton town is a Census town of 2,555 people across 3.05 square miles of land, in Anson County. Median household income is $47,059, 46.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Polkton
What Polkton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.05 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land837
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polkton
How many people live in Polkton
- Population2,555
- Median age36.3
- Population under 18365 plus or minus 119
- Share under 1814.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over287 plus or minus 104
- Share 65 and over11.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households440 plus or minus 234
- Family households301 plus or minus 154
- Share of households that are families68.4 percent plus or minus 50.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polkton
Income and work in Polkton
- Median household income$47,059 plus or minus $15,411
- Per capita income$11,389 plus or minus $5,016
- Civilian labor force471 plus or minus 245
- Employed459 plus or minus 236
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over1,949
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polkton
Housing in Polkton
- Housing units488 plus or minus 241
- Occupied units440 plus or minus 234
- Vacant units48 plus or minus 25
- Vacancy rate9.8 percent
- Owner occupied205 plus or minus 111
- Renter occupied235 plus or minus 164
- Ownership rate46.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$130,100 plus or minus $50,336
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,009 plus or minus $269
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.7 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Single family units210 plus or minus 112
- Share single family43.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Units in buildings of two or more55 plus or minus 58
- Share in buildings of two or more11.3 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Mobile homes223 plus or minus 121
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polkton
How Polkton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute434 plus or minus 223
- Commuting under 15 minutes118 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.2 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more173 plus or minus 97
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.9 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Drove alone79.3 percent plus or minus 57.3
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Polkton
Flood risk in Polkton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370286
- Currently effective map date10/16/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Anson County, not Polkton
Anson County context, not Polkton figures
These are Anson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Polkton measurements.
- Establishments in Anson County380
- Employment at those establishments, Anson County4,477
- Covered employment, Anson County6,594
- Average annual pay, Anson County$47,962
- Average weekly wage, Anson County$922
- Housing units permitted, Anson County55
- Of those, single family, Anson County55
- County product, 2024, Anson County$1,165,183,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anson County9.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anson County$38,741
Every figure in this section is published for Anson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Polkton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Polkton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Polkton, North Carolina?
2,555, in 440 households. Polkton town covers 3.05 square miles of land, which is 837 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Polkton in?
Anson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Polkton?
$47,059. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $130,100. Median gross rent is $1,009 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Polkton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Polkton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370286, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Polkton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Anson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Polkton.
Is zoning published for Polkton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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