Polkville, North Carolina - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	527
Male Share of the Population	48.4%
Female Share of the Population	51.6%
Senior Citizens	28.3%
Employed Population 16+	203
Age of the Population	51

Families

% of people married	55.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	5.4%
Median Earnings25+	$32,250
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$31,250

Wealth

Median Family Income	$40,625
% Above Poverty Level	78.3%
% Below Poverty Level	21.7%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	29 minutes
% Working from Home	8.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.5%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	32.8%
Median Gross Rent	$810
Median House Value	$117,900

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	14.2%
German	8%
Irish	7.4%
English	7.2%
Italian	2.3%
Scottish	1.7%
French Except Basque	0.9%
Polish	0.4%
Norwegian	0.4%
Greek	0.4%
Dutch	0.4%
Danishn	0.4%
Russian	0.2%
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Polkville Almanac

Category	Value
County	Cleveland County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	28136
Phone Area Codes	704
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	35.41
Approximate Longitude	-81.64

Polkville Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	SHELBY 2 NNE
Distance	9.3 miles
Jan Temp	27 to 49 F
Apr Temp	44 to 70 F
Jul Temp	66 to 88 F
Oct Temp	45 to 71 F
Annual Precip	49.2 inches

Station	LINCOLNTON 4 W
Distance	17.8 miles
Jan Temp	29 to 50 F
Apr Temp	46 to 72 F
Jul Temp	67 to 89 F
Oct Temp	47 to 72 F
Annual Precip	48.1 inches

Station	FOREST CITY 6 SW
Distance	19.4 miles
Jan Temp	26 to 50 F
Apr Temp	42 to 71 F
Jul Temp	64 to 89 F
Oct Temp	44 to 72 F
Annual Precip	51.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Belwood	966	$46,250
Casar	255	$47,188
Fallston	533	$43,125
Kingstown	510	$35,682
Lattimore	443	$43,750
Lawndale	807	$44,318

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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