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Elon, NC

11,325 Population
4.2 square miles 2,713.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,639 ±$3,163 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $33,281 ±$733
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$82,717 ±$20,062 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $64,445 ±$2,226
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.6% ±5.6% (1,681  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 14.2% 23,943 (±1.1% / ±1,923)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.2 minutes ±4.1 (85,470  ±19,496) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 25.6 1,914,150 (±0.5 / ±50,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,854 ±181 Number of households
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 68,441 ±675
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.2 (7,302  ±141) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 2.5 168,918 (±0 / ±127)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.7% ±2.1% (119  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 5.6% † 2,345 (±1.2% / ±485)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,374 ±253 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 75,456 ±134
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$355,800 ±$29,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $221,200 ±$5,689
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

30.3% ±4.7% (3,423  ±529.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 12.1% 20,859 (±1.1% / ±1,893.7)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.4% ±9.1% (4,475  ±510.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 88.5% 103,995 (±2.1% / ±2,465.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
53.2% ±7.7% (2,523  ±395.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 27.7% 32,545 (±1.1% / ±1,337.8)
  • about 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

3.6% ±1.5% (408  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 9.1% 15,930
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.6% ±1.9% (561  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 9,398 (±0.4% / ±557)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
561 Total veterans ±188 474 Male ±143 87 Female ±73

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