Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Lowest-poverty census tracts in North Carolina

Smallest share of residents living below the federal poverty line. Several wealthy enclaves register a true 0%; ties are broken by median household income. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

Note: ties broken by median household income.

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Rank	Tract	County	low poverty
#101	Tract 516	Wake, NC	2.0%
#102	Tract 55.22	Mecklenburg, NC	2.0%
#103	Tract 14.01	Wilson, NC	2.0%
#104	Tract 529.02	Wake, NC	2.0%
#105	Tract 58.57	Mecklenburg, NC	2.1%
#106	Tract 116.11	New Hanover, NC	2.1%
#107	Tract 205.04	Brunswick, NC	2.1%
#108	Tract 23.03	Buncombe, NC	2.1%
#109	Tract 618.06	Davidson, NC	2.1%
#110	Tract 21.01	Buncombe, NC	2.1%
#111	Tract 203.19	Union, NC	2.1%
#112	Tract 612.04	Iredell, NC	2.1%
#113	Tract 58.28	Mecklenburg, NC	2.1%
#114	Tract 30.20	Mecklenburg, NC	2.1%
#115	Tract 210.06	Union, NC	2.2%
#116	Tract 537.12	Wake, NC	2.2%
#117	Tract 58.62	Mecklenburg, NC	2.2%
#118	Tract 536.11	Wake, NC	2.2%
#119	Tract 534.29	Wake, NC	2.2%
#120	Tract 301.06	Gaston, NC	2.2%
#121	Tract 62.16	Mecklenburg, NC	2.2%
#122	Tract 59.32	Mecklenburg, NC	2.2%
#123	Tract 57.15	Mecklenburg, NC	2.2%
#124	Tract 20.08	Durham, NC	2.2%
#125	Tract 536.14	Wake, NC	2.2%
#126	Tract 333.03	Gaston, NC	2.3%
#127	Tract 17	Buncombe, NC	2.3%
#128	Tract 108.02	Nash, NC	2.3%
#129	Tract 402.10	Johnston, NC	2.3%
#130	Tract 162.03	Guilford, NC	2.3%
#131	Tract 532.08	Wake, NC	2.3%
#132	Tract 20.08	Mecklenburg, NC	2.3%
#133	Tract 614.06	Iredell, NC	2.3%
#134	Tract 109.03	Orange, NC	2.3%
#135	Tract 312.03	Gaston, NC	2.4%
#136	Tract 606.01	Franklin, NC	2.4%
#137	Tract 536.03	Wake, NC	2.4%
#138	Tract 210.14	Union, NC	2.4%
#139	Tract 63.07	Mecklenburg, NC	2.4%
#140	Tract 539.02	Wake, NC	2.4%
#141	Tract 55.15	Mecklenburg, NC	2.4%
#142	Tract 535.13	Wake, NC	2.4%
#143	Tract 9704	Dare, NC	2.4%
#144	Tract 5	Buncombe, NC	2.4%
#145	Tract 9305.01	Cherokee, NC	2.4%
#146	Tract 63.11	Mecklenburg, NC	2.5%
#147	Tract 58.32	Mecklenburg, NC	2.5%
#148	Tract 9509	Jackson, NC	2.5%
#149	Tract 612.01	Iredell, NC	2.5%
#150	Tract 537.20	Wake, NC	2.5%
#151	Tract 540.16	Wake, NC	2.5%
#152	Tract 64.04	Mecklenburg, NC	2.5%
#153	Tract 20.21	Durham, NC	2.5%
#154	Tract 534.15	Wake, NC	2.5%
#155	Tract 210.17	Union, NC	2.5%
#156	Tract 58.33	Mecklenburg, NC	2.6%
#157	Tract 9707.01	Carteret, NC	2.6%
#158	Tract 301.02	Lee, NC	2.6%
#159	Tract 536.08	Wake, NC	2.6%
#160	Tract 55.08	Mecklenburg, NC	2.6%
#161	Tract 333.12	Gaston, NC	2.6%
#162	Tract 9506.01	Moore, NC	2.6%
#163	Tract 530.05	Wake, NC	2.6%
#164	Tract 59.19	Mecklenburg, NC	2.6%
#165	Tract 534.32	Wake, NC	2.6%
#166	Tract 9606.01	Transylvania, NC	2.6%
#167	Tract 21	Onslow, NC	2.7%
#168	Tract 62.12	Mecklenburg, NC	2.7%
#169	Tract 617.01	Davidson, NC	2.7%
#170	Tract 529.03	Wake, NC	2.7%
#171	Tract 58.56	Mecklenburg, NC	2.7%
#172	Tract 34.02	Mecklenburg, NC	2.7%
#173	Tract 39.06	Forsyth, NC	2.7%
#174	Tract 125.05	Guilford, NC	2.7%
#175	Tract 162.01	Guilford, NC	2.8%
#176	Tract 304.03	Gaston, NC	2.8%
#177	Tract 62.23	Mecklenburg, NC	2.8%
#178	Tract 536.12	Wake, NC	2.8%
#179	Tract 30.06	Mecklenburg, NC	2.8%
#180	Tract 30.18	Mecklenburg, NC	2.8%
#181	Tract 403.04	Johnston, NC	2.8%
#182	Tract 712.02	Lincoln, NC	2.8%
#183	Tract 203.03	Burke, NC	2.8%
#184	Tract 525.06	Wake, NC	2.8%
#185	Tract 532.05	Wake, NC	2.8%
#186	Tract 28.08	Forsyth, NC	2.8%
#187	Tract 535.18	Wake, NC	2.9%
#188	Tract 709.02	Lincoln, NC	2.9%
#189	Tract 62.18	Mecklenburg, NC	2.9%
#190	Tract 164.09	Guilford, NC	2.9%
#191	Tract 540.12	Wake, NC	2.9%
#192	Tract 157.07	Guilford, NC	2.9%
#193	Tract 406	Cabarrus, NC	2.9%
#194	Tract 210.19	Union, NC	2.9%
#195	Tract 534.28	Wake, NC	2.9%
#196	Tract 58.64	Mecklenburg, NC	2.9%
#197	Tract 63.10	Mecklenburg, NC	2.9%
#198	Tract 11	Mecklenburg, NC	2.9%
#199	Tract 205.13	Brunswick, NC	2.9%
#200	Tract 29.10	Mecklenburg, NC	3.0%