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Elkin, NC

4,025 Population
6.8 square miles 591.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.7 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,906 ±$4,187 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $31,947 ±$1,517
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,434 ±$4,267 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $56,095 ±$3,150
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

23% ±9.4% (875  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 16.7% 11,724 (±1.6% / ±1,113)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.7 minutes ±4.2 (39,250  ±9,273) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 25.3 747,455 (±1.5 / ±48,660)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,637 ±163 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 29,366 ±394
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (3,816  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.4 70,340 (±0 / ±318)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.8% ±2.8% (25  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.6% † 828 (±1.2% / ±176)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,903 ±207 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,609 ±130
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$187,200 ±$17,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $166,400 ±$5,161
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.2% ±7.1% (489  ±283) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 9.5% † 6,674 (±1.3% / ±923)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.7% ±9.8% (2,249  ±310.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 82.7% 41,910 (±2.7% / ±1,374.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
28% ±6% (743  ±169.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 19.4% 9,838 (±1.3% / ±655.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

9.2% ±5% (372  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.9% 4,194
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.9% ±2.9% (210  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 3,630 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
210 Total veterans ±89 195 Male ±88 15 Female ±17

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