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
#201	Tract 325.10	Gaston, NC	3.0%
#202	Tract 537.29	Wake, NC	3.0%
#203	Tract 57.12	Mecklenburg, NC	3.0%
#204	Tract 534.09	Wake, NC	3.0%
#205	Tract 31.03	Forsyth, NC	3.0%
#206	Tract 540.11	Wake, NC	3.1%
#207	Tract 9208	Watauga, NC	3.1%
#208	Tract 20.24	Durham, NC	3.1%
#209	Tract 116.08	New Hanover, NC	3.1%
#210	Tract 164.06	Guilford, NC	3.1%
#211	Tract 614.01	Iredell, NC	3.1%
#212	Tract 59.24	Mecklenburg, NC	3.1%
#213	Tract 13.04	Pitt, NC	3.1%
#214	Tract 123	New Hanover, NC	3.1%
#215	Tract 20.33	Durham, NC	3.1%
#216	Tract 535.12	Wake, NC	3.1%
#217	Tract 541.17	Wake, NC	3.1%
#218	Tract 107.10	Orange, NC	3.1%
#219	Tract 55.13	Mecklenburg, NC	3.1%
#220	Tract 58.35	Mecklenburg, NC	3.1%
#221	Tract 411.13	Johnston, NC	3.1%
#222	Tract 9507.02	Moore, NC	3.1%
#223	Tract 210.04	Union, NC	3.2%
#224	Tract 101.01	Catawba, NC	3.2%
#225	Tract 202.05	Brunswick, NC	3.2%
#226	Tract 20.06	Mecklenburg, NC	3.2%
#227	Tract 517	Wake, NC	3.2%
#228	Tract 602.01	Davidson, NC	3.2%
#229	Tract 10	Mecklenburg, NC	3.2%
#230	Tract 10.03	Pitt, NC	3.2%
#231	Tract 115.05	Catawba, NC	3.2%
#232	Tract 9202.01	Pender, NC	3.2%
#233	Tract 210.12	Union, NC	3.2%
#234	Tract 57.13	Mecklenburg, NC	3.2%
#235	Tract 62.21	Mecklenburg, NC	3.2%
#236	Tract 515.02	Wake, NC	3.2%
#237	Tract 601.03	Davidson, NC	3.2%
#238	Tract 201.02	Brunswick, NC	3.2%
#239	Tract 33.01	Mecklenburg, NC	3.2%
#240	Tract 58.53	Mecklenburg, NC	3.2%
#241	Tract 701.01	Stokes, NC	3.2%
#242	Tract 105	Guilford, NC	3.2%
#243	Tract 119.04	Orange, NC	3.2%
#244	Tract 415.07	Johnston, NC	3.2%
#245	Tract 534.36	Wake, NC	3.2%
#246	Tract 9507.04	Moore, NC	3.2%
#247	Tract 26.04	Forsyth, NC	3.3%
#248	Tract 1102.02	Currituck, NC	3.3%
#249	Tract 415.04	Cabarrus, NC	3.3%
#250	Tract 803.01	Davie, NC	3.3%
#251	Tract 59.08	Mecklenburg, NC	3.3%
#252	Tract 62.17	Mecklenburg, NC	3.3%
#253	Tract 170	Guilford, NC	3.3%
#254	Tract 105.02	Catawba, NC	3.3%
#255	Tract 58.46	Mecklenburg, NC	3.3%
#256	Tract 426.02	Cabarrus, NC	3.4%
#257	Tract 531.11	Wake, NC	3.4%
#258	Tract 203.15	Union, NC	3.4%
#259	Tract 115.03	Catawba, NC	3.4%
#260	Tract 29.05	Mecklenburg, NC	3.4%
#261	Tract 530.04	Wake, NC	3.4%
#262	Tract 9705.04	Carteret, NC	3.5%
#263	Tract 535.23	Wake, NC	3.5%
#264	Tract 534.31	Wake, NC	3.5%
#265	Tract 206.01	Alamance, NC	3.5%
#266	Tract 104.04	Guilford, NC	3.5%
#267	Tract 9605.03	Pasquotank, NC	3.5%
#268	Tract 160.03	Guilford, NC	3.5%
#269	Tract 541.20	Wake, NC	3.5%
#270	Tract 614.08	Iredell, NC	3.5%
#271	Tract 40.10	Forsyth, NC	3.5%
#272	Tract 9604.03	Craven, NC	3.5%
#273	Tract 535.09	Wake, NC	3.5%
#274	Tract 19.21	Mecklenburg, NC	3.6%
#275	Tract 156.02	Guilford, NC	3.6%
#276	Tract 302.09	Gaston, NC	3.6%
#277	Tract 210.09	Union, NC	3.6%
#278	Tract 57.22	Mecklenburg, NC	3.6%
#279	Tract 9311.01	Stanly, NC	3.6%
#280	Tract 57.14	Mecklenburg, NC	3.6%
#281	Tract 62.24	Mecklenburg, NC	3.6%
#282	Tract 203.08	Brunswick, NC	3.6%
#283	Tract 530.10	Wake, NC	3.6%
#284	Tract 203.05	Union, NC	3.6%
#285	Tract 612.05	Iredell, NC	3.6%
#286	Tract 538.06	Wake, NC	3.6%
#287	Tract 711.02	Lincoln, NC	3.6%
#288	Tract 541.19	Wake, NC	3.7%
#289	Tract 9704	Richmond, NC	3.7%
#290	Tract 612.03	Iredell, NC	3.7%
#291	Tract 304.01	Gaston, NC	3.7%
#292	Tract 57.18	Mecklenburg, NC	3.7%
#293	Tract 31.03	Buncombe, NC	3.7%
#294	Tract 30.22	Mecklenburg, NC	3.7%
#295	Tract 58.17	Mecklenburg, NC	3.7%
#296	Tract 531.14	Wake, NC	3.8%
#297	Tract 18.08	Durham, NC	3.8%
#298	Tract 415.05	Cabarrus, NC	3.8%
#299	Tract 20.05	Mecklenburg, NC	3.8%
#300	Tract 9202	Graham, NC	3.8%