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Chatham County, NC

81,624 Population
681.5 square miles 119.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,215 ±$6,304 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$97,219 ±$11,470 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.2% ±3.3% (6,593  ±2,627) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.1 minutes ±0.5 (775,110  ±37,049) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

33,971 ±1,015 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (80,807  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

9.5% ±4.7% (1,577  ±783) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

36,867 ±21 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$442,800 ±$37,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

6.5% ±2.3% (5,204  ±1,822.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94% ±6.4% (57,877  ±4,081) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
49.2% ±4.8% (30,304  ±2,989.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.3% (8,387  ±1,659) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.3% ±1.8% (4,861  ±1,165) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,861 Total veterans ±1,165 4,076 Male ±883 785 Female ±559

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