Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Lowest-income census tracts in North Carolina

Tracts where half of households earn less than the listed figure. Excludes group-quarters-heavy tracts (university dorms, military barracks) by requiring a minimum population of 500. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	low income
#1	Tract 56.22	Mecklenburg, NC	$14,821
#2	Tract 16.02	Forsyth, NC	$15,500
#3	Tract 103	Lenoir, NC	$15,859
#4	Tract 1.01	Pitt, NC	$16,991
#5	Tract 139	Guilford, NC	$17,258
#6	Tract 8.01	Wilson, NC	$17,440
#7	Tract 18	Wayne, NC	$18,065
#8	Tract 107	Lenoir, NC	$18,934
#9	Tract 9304	Surry, NC	$21,089
#10	Tract 3.01	Forsyth, NC	$21,203
#11	Tract 23	Mecklenburg, NC	$21,488
#12	Tract 9206.01	Watauga, NC	$21,835
#13	Tract 9312.03	Stanly, NC	$22,500
#14	Tract 14.02	Wayne, NC	$22,721
#15	Tract 9620.01	Robeson, NC	$23,514
#16	Tract 2	Cumberland, NC	$24,191
#17	Tract 9603.01	Robeson, NC	$24,602
#18	Tract 56.09	Mecklenburg, NC	$24,700
#19	Tract 2	Forsyth, NC	$25,000
#20	Tract 1.02	Pitt, NC	$25,630
#21	Tract 9608.01	Robeson, NC	$25,688
#22	Tract 112.01	Guilford, NC	$25,729
#23	Tract 9309	Columbus, NC	$25,789
#24	Tract 7	Forsyth, NC	$25,801
#25	Tract 5	Forsyth, NC	$25,859
#26	Tract 20	Wayne, NC	$25,938
#27	Tract 9706	Richmond, NC	$26,082
#28	Tract 7.01	Wilson, NC	$26,372
#29	Tract 127.07	Guilford, NC	$26,382
#30	Tract 107.02	Guilford, NC	$26,429
#31	Tract 9	Buncombe, NC	$26,515
#32	Tract 27.02	Forsyth, NC	$26,673
#33	Tract 114	Guilford, NC	$26,791
#34	Tract 126.08	Guilford, NC	$26,902
#35	Tract 9605.02	Robeson, NC	$26,922
#36	Tract 19	Wayne, NC	$26,931
#37	Tract 38	Cumberland, NC	$27,154
#38	Tract 7.01	Pitt, NC	$27,156
#39	Tract 202	Alamance, NC	$27,211
#40	Tract 9603	Pasquotank, NC	$27,226
#41	Tract 39.03	Mecklenburg, NC	$27,258
#42	Tract 102	Scotland, NC	$27,420
#43	Tract 14.04	Pitt, NC	$27,543
#44	Tract 104	Lenoir, NC	$27,586
#45	Tract 1	Buncombe, NC	$27,768
#46	Tract 315	Gaston, NC	$27,825
#47	Tract 9504.01	Bladen, NC	$28,036
#48	Tract 3.02	Forsyth, NC	$28,381
#49	Tract 8.02	Forsyth, NC	$28,643
#50	Tract 303	Lee, NC	$28,801
#51	Tract 51	Mecklenburg, NC	$28,906
#52	Tract 9502.02	Warren, NC	$29,223
#53	Tract 116.02	Orange, NC	$29,226
#54	Tract 9309.02	Halifax, NC	$29,491
#55	Tract 9609.03	Vance, NC	$29,561
#56	Tract 9611	Robeson, NC	$29,592
#57	Tract 102	Nash, NC	$29,707
#58	Tract 509	Wake, NC	$29,750
#59	Tract 9612	Robeson, NC	$29,850
#60	Tract 7.02	Pitt, NC	$29,865
#61	Tract 1	Wilson, NC	$29,884
#62	Tract 10	Cumberland, NC	$30,224
#63	Tract 9311.02	Halifax, NC	$30,486
#64	Tract 105	Lenoir, NC	$30,540
#65	Tract 511.01	Wake, NC	$30,750
#66	Tract 110	Guilford, NC	$30,857
#67	Tract 110	New Hanover, NC	$31,111
#68	Tract 9710	Richmond, NC	$31,136
#69	Tract 9602.02	Robeson, NC	$31,222
#70	Tract 127.06	Guilford, NC	$31,414
#71	Tract 9604.03	Robeson, NC	$31,570
#72	Tract 614	Davidson, NC	$31,580
#73	Tract 9608	Rutherford, NC	$31,755
#74	Tract 26	Onslow, NC	$31,875
#75	Tract 15.05	Durham, NC	$31,875
#76	Tract 9205	Watauga, NC	$32,010
#77	Tract 9204	Watauga, NC	$32,173
#78	Tract 10.01	Durham, NC	$32,257
#79	Tract 9501.02	Hertford, NC	$32,257
#80	Tract 9204	Anson, NC	$32,311
#81	Tract 37.01	Forsyth, NC	$32,717
#82	Tract 15.04	Durham, NC	$32,725
#83	Tract 105.01	Scotland, NC	$32,754
#84	Tract 9205.01	Anson, NC	$33,061
#85	Tract 9301.02	Beaufort, NC	$33,173
#86	Tract 11	Durham, NC	$33,221
#87	Tract 115.01	New Hanover, NC	$33,224
#88	Tract 9707	Richmond, NC	$33,361
#89	Tract 24.01	Cumberland, NC	$33,365
#90	Tract 9502	Bladen, NC	$33,452
#91	Tract 9313.02	Columbus, NC	$33,630
#92	Tract 9303	Beaufort, NC	$33,691
#93	Tract 111	New Hanover, NC	$33,729
#94	Tract 306.02	Gaston, NC	$33,750
#95	Tract 9301	Halifax, NC	$33,904
#96	Tract 9302	Caswell, NC	$34,122
#97	Tract 403.03	Johnston, NC	$34,142
#98	Tract 302	Lee, NC	$34,196
#99	Tract 109	Catawba, NC	$34,223
#100	Tract 9305.04	Halifax, NC	$34,334