Rutherford County * Forest City metro
20.0K
Population
$56.6K
Median income
per household
$240.2K
Home value
15.4%
Poverty rate
What stands out
0 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 56.2% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$56.6K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$33K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$240.2K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
56.2%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
35.2%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
17.4%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
4.2×
Upper end of typical range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
1 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
38.1%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
14.7%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
17.4%
U.S.
13.1%
0 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
85.2%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
4.5%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
54.6%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
25.0%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 9612
16.6%
Tract 9602.03
14.5%
Tract 9604
13.5%
Tract 9602.01
12%
Tract 9201.01
10.8%
Others (7)
29.3%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-14
99.5%
NC-11
0.5%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology