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Glen Alpine, NC

1,991 Population
2.1 square miles 927.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,219 ±$4,206 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,697 ±$11,068 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±6.2% (216  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±6.5 (24,825  ±8,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.1 3,751,370 (±0.6 / ±107,702)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

686 ±121 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.4 (1,991  ±462) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 360,621 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±3.8% (21  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,075 (±0.8% / ±581)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

719 ±121 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,800 ±$33,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±7% (182  ±144.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,994 (±0.7% / ±2,400.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±26.4% (1,129  ±211.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.2% ±10.4% (347  ±155.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7% ±5.2% (140  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±3.6% (124  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
124 Total veterans ±60 115 Male ±58 9 Female ±10

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