Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Cornelius, NC

32,009 Population
12.7 square miles 2,525.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

44.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$81,937 ±$7,479 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$114,688 ±$11,249 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.4% ±1.5% (1,412  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25 minutes ±1.3 (295,270  ±26,510) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

13,618 ±458 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (32,006  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.8% ±1.4% (201  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

14,777 ±498 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$512,400 ±$50,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15% ±2.8% (4,779  ±874.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.9% ±4.2% (22,290  ±1,088.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
59.6% ±3.1% (13,721  ±775.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

8.5% ±1.6% (2,707  ±521) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.1% ±1.4% (1,534  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,534 Total veterans ±356 1,460 Male ±348 74 Female ±43

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.