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Haw River, NC

2,824 Population
3.1 square miles 911.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,596 ±$5,335 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $34,547 ±$941
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,058 ±$10,811 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $65,651 ±$1,854
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.1% ±13% (708  ±385) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 13.4% 22,876 (±1% / ±1,769)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.5 minutes ±10.1 (47,990  ±17,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 25.9 1,919,120 (±0.8 / ±69,813)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,049 ±162 Number of households
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 70,062 ±653
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (2,812  ±470) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 2.4 170,977 (±0 / ±119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±2.6% (19  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,202 (±1.1% / ±464)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,134 ±162 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 77,073 ±104
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,400 ±$20,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $241,500 ±$5,511
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±6.7% (311  ±193.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 18,743 (±1.1% / ±1,831.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±4.2% (1,486  ±242.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 89% 106,496 (±2.2% / ±2,586.5)
  • 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)
24.3% ±7.5% (403  ±139) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 28.7% 34,376 (±1.2% / ±1,376.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.4% ±4.2% (210  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 9.5% 16,841
  • 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

6.4% ±2% (135  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 9,482 (±0.5% / ±659)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
135 Total veterans ±47 119 Male ±46 16 Female ±22

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