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Monroe township, Union County, NC

55,382 Population
98.7 square miles 560.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,643 ±$1,285 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Union County: $45,355 ±$834
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,099 ±$4,381 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Union County: $99,243 ±$2,455
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.9% ±2.3% (6,843  ±1,240) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 7.7% † 18,530 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.9 minutes ±1.9 (715,575  ±59,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 29.7 2,960,065 (±0.4 / ±74,315)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

18,691 ±802 Number of households
  • Union County: 82,231 ±626
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.2 (53,084  ±1,550) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Union County: 3 242,316 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.4% ±1.5% (752  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 4.7% † 2,772 (±0.7% / ±395)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

20,189 ±697 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 86,730 ±84
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$275,800 ±$7,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Union County: $374,400 ±$6,571
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.6% ±1.8% (6,885  ±993.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 11.4% 27,764 (±1% / ±2,329.4)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

83.2% ±2.7% (28,993  ±1,427.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 90.4% 143,152 (±1.9% / ±2,957.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.9% ±1.7% (7,988  ±669.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 39% 61,773 (±1.2% / ±1,889.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

14.9% ±1.6% (8,258  ±911) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Union County: 11.5% 28,229
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.4% ±0.9% (2,697  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 6.4% 11,567 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,697 Total veterans ±384 2,447 Male ±374 250 Female ±106

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