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Fairmont, NC

2,326 Population
2.8 square miles 842.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±10.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,700 ±$4,559 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: $22,925 ±$823
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$36,493 ±$5,653 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: $40,318 ±$1,300
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

31.5% ±8% (722  ±216) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 28.8% 32,642 (±1.3% / ±1,426)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.1 minutes ±3.5 (18,605  ±4,553) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 25 1,015,725 (±0.7 / ±37,361)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

929 ±116 Number of households
  • the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 42,744 ±300
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.2 (2,291  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 2.7 113,390 (±0 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

12% ±8% (61  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 1,258 (±0.8% / ±209)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,133 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 48,874 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$88,500 ±$11,900 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: $88,600 ±$3,111
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.7% ±2% (84  ±47) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 6.3% † 7,250 (±0.7% / ±820)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.8% ±16.3% (1,325  ±172.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 78.9% 59,354 (±1.7% / ±1,251.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.9% ±4.1% (280  ±75.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 14.6% 10,955 (±0.8% / ±579.8)
  • about half 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

0.5% ±0.6% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 5.1% 5,983
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.2% ±2.3% (133  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lumberton, NC Micro Area: 6.5% 5,682 (±0.5% / ±452)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
133 Total veterans ±47 128 Male ±43 5 Female ±10

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