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Burke County, NC

People
Population87,795B01003
Population, 2020 census87,570P1
Median age44.9B01002
Under 1818.4%B01001
65 and over21.7%B01001
Households36,306B11001
Foreign born5.3%B05002
Money
Median household income$58,592B19013
Median family income$71,069B19113
Per capita income$32,977B19301
Poverty rate15.6%B17001
Unemployment rate4.4%B23025
Civilian labor force42,542B23025
Mean commute (minutes)23.4B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher21.0%B15003
Housing
Housing units40,358B25001
Owner-occupied74.5%B25003
Renters25.5%B25003
Median home value$185,400B25077
Median gross rent$884B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic79.1%B03002
Black6.1%B03002
Hispanic or Latino8.5%B03002
Asian3.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 81% of North Carolina's ($72,388); poverty 15.6% against 13.0%; 0.8% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 201: 3,927Census Tract 202.02: 4,313Census Tract 202.03: 2,533Census Tract 202.04: 2,578Census Tract 203.01: 5,362Census Tract 203.03: 4,502Census Tract 203.04: 2,339Census Tract 205: 2,759Census Tract 206: 6,112Census Tract 208.01: 5,772Census Tract 208.02: 2,802Census Tract 209.01: 3,387Census Tract 209.02: 3,532Census Tract 210: 5,124Census Tract 211: 6,751Census Tract 212.01: 3,856Census Tract 212.02: 4,660Census Tract 212.03: 3,514Census Tract 213.01: 5,710Census Tract 213.02: 3,558Census Tract 214: 4,704MorgantonValdeseConnelly SpringsSalemHildebranIcardDrexelGlen AlpineRutherford CollegeRhodhissZIP 28655: 321 nonprofits, $532,201,486ZIP 28690: 67 nonprofits, $11,356,617ZIP 28612: 30 nonprofits, $4,382,705ZIP 28637: 24 nonprofits, $3,547,086ZIP 28619: 17 nonprofits, $327,966ZIP 28628: 11 nonprofits, $3,124,126ZIP 28666: 10 nonprofits, $39,658ZIP 28671: 8 nonprofits, $1,653,461ZIP 28641: 3 nonprofits, $301,791Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,8022,802 to 3,5583,558 to 4,5024,502 to 5,362over 5,362nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Burke County, NC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits620$599,347,409 revenue (latest return)BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS INC ($373,147,584)
Nonprofit contractors28$39,754,792 paid by nonprofitsMOUNTAIN EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS ($17,717,045)
Colleges and schools11,791 enrollmentWestern Piedmont Community College (1,791)
Political committees14NC 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEM
Form 5500 plan sponsors201278 plansBURKE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE, INC. (13)
Open Payments recipients343$4,536,566 industry paymentsCLINICAL TRIALS OF AMERICA INC ($1,280,137)
Food recall firms11 recallsBest Friends Bakery, LLC (1)
Patent and trademark owners97370 patents and marksCatawba Valley Brewing Company (93)
Federal award recipients1,979$568,681,562 federal awardsSAFT AMERICA INC ($141,867,029)
State business registrations265SUPERIOR VENEERS, INC.

Cross-reference: 620 nonprofits for 87,795 residents is 70.6 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $599,347,409 is $6,827 per resident, 28.2% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1KADRY ALLABOUNMEDICAL STAFFBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$1,259,825202421.5x
2GERALD MANKMEDICAL STAFFBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$1,086,120202418.5x
3STEVEN ISSERMANMEDICAL STAFFBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$1,085,958202418.5x
4MICHAEL SMITHMEDICAL STAFFBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$923,368202415.8x
5MATTHEW MISHOEMEDICAL STAFFBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$883,815202415.1x
6GRADY SHUEMEDICAL STAFFBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$858,065202314.6x
7SUNEEL MOHAMMEDPHYSICIANBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC$856,008202114.6x
8KATHY BAILEYPRESIDENT & CEO (THRU 8/2024)VALDESE NURSING HOME INC COLLEGE PINES NURSING CENTER$836,819202414.3x
9KATHY BAILEY THRU 82024PRESIDENT & CEOGRACE NURSING CENTER INC$836,819202414.3x
10ANTHONY FRANKCMO - MED AFFAIRS & MED STAFF SVCSBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS INC$794,083202413.6x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $58,592.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 21 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 2116,751$62,20010.8%39.5
Census Tract 2066,112$48,63624.9%38.6
Census Tract 208.015,772$62,63918.2%51.4
Census Tract 213.015,710$55,52529.3%36.7
Census Tract 203.015,362$55,02011.6%40.9
Census Tract 2105,124$52,34210.2%45.2
Census Tract 2144,704$49,10728.3%36.4
Census Tract 212.024,660$62,91716.9%39.9
Census Tract 203.034,502$72,8592.8%47.7
Census Tract 202.024,313$64,69922.0%45.0
Census Tract 2013,927$55,03419.5%48.6
Census Tract 212.013,856$69,7664.9%54.8
Census Tract 213.023,558$59,43214.8%45.2
Census Tract 209.023,532$52,21116.1%46.4
Census Tract 212.033,514$61,30614.1%48.2
Census Tract 209.013,387$62,9175.9%49.7
Census Tract 208.022,802$70,7694.6%46.6
Census Tract 2052,759$57,56722.3%37.2
Census Tract 202.042,578$66,96418.3%40.9
Census Tract 202.032,533$99,63312.2%58.7
Census Tract 203.042,339$54,69512.1%54.3

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0