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Township 3, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, NC

21,105 Population
17.6 square miles 1,196.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 35.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$61,142 ±$4,931 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $51,490 ±$665
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$141,570 ±$9,400 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mecklenburg County: $83,765 ±$1,127
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.3% ±1.1% (484  ±231) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 10.4% 115,896 (±0.5% / ±5,818)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.7 minutes ±4.3 (223,675  ±20,148) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 25.4 11,401,010 (±0.3 / ±172,060)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

7,320 ±461 Number of households
  • Mecklenburg County: 455,494 ±1,674
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.3 (21,102  ±1,284) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 2.5 1,115,618 (±0 / ±259)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.2% ±1.7% (116  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mecklenburg County: 4.9% 14,964 (±0.4% / ±1,151)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,756 ±490 Number of housing units
  • Mecklenburg County: 491,721 ±189
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$499,200 ±$39,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mecklenburg County: $371,200 ±$3,400
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.3% ±3.1% (2,992  ±665.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 15.7% 174,842 (±0.5% / ±5,625.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.5% ±4.4% (13,697  ±954.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 90.8% 696,304 (±0.9% / ±6,861.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
61% ±4.1% (8,652  ±741.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 48.6% 372,777 (±0.6% / ±4,478.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.6% ±3.3% (3,080  ±728) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 16.9% 190,648
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.7% ±1.8% (1,022  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 5.3% 45,741 (±0.2% / ±1,783)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,022 Total veterans ±274 922 Male ±267 100 Female ±58

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