Rutherford County * Forest City metro
2.3K
Population
$59.7K
Median income
per household
$234.5K
Home value
9.1%
Poverty rate
What stands out
1 of 4 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 61.5% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$59.7K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$29.6K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$234.5K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
61.5%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
0.0%
U.S.
25.9%
Home-Value-to-Income
3.9×
Within typical 3-5x 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
38.5%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
16.1%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
18.4%
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+)
22.5%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
5 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 9602.01
52.4%
Tract 9601.02
40.9%
Tract 9709.03
3.1%
Tract 9709.04
2.6%
Tract 9709.02
1%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-14
93.3%
NC-11
6.7%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology