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Albemarle, NC

16,527 Population
18 square miles 918.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,111 ±$1,813 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $31,623 ±$1,623
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$52,825 ±$4,622 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $61,631 ±$4,099
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.5% ±4.9% (3,596  ±783) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 14.3% † 8,765 (±1.8% / ±1,077)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26 minutes ±2.4 (167,375  ±20,019) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 28.7 734,840 (±1.2 / ±40,008)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,722 ±356 Number of households
  • the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 24,436 ±447
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (15,815  ±100) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 2.5 61,512 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7% ±4.4% (280  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 5.5% † 743 (±1.7% / ±232)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,095 ±381 Number of housing units
  • the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 28,292 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$186,100 ±$13,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $214,300 ±$9,778
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

17.2% ±4.4% (2,809  ±720.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 12.3% † 7,767 (±1.6% / ±1,003.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.5% ±6.3% (10,335  ±858.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 87.1% 38,903 (±3.2% / ±1,423.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.5% ±3.3% (2,565  ±404.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 19.7% 8,795 (±1.6% / ±707.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

6.6% ±2% (1,094  ±331) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 4.3% 2,712
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.5% ±2.5% (991  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 6.8% † 3,363 (±0.8% / ±411)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
991 Total veterans ±333 873 Male ±255 118 Female ±104

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