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Kings Mountain, NC

11,472 Population
14 square miles 817.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,821 ±$2,799 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $29,849 ±$1,433
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$45,507 ±$7,177 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $55,769 ±$2,864
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

23.7% ±6.5% (2,680  ±739) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 17.2% 16,925 (±1.6% / ±1,531)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.3 minutes ±2 (113,455  ±17,951) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 25.1 1,029,360 (±1 / ±53,130)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,408 ±371 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 37,218 ±633
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.2 (11,333  ±296) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 98,361 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

10.2% ±7.4% (234  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,456 (±1.7% / ±365)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,727 ±371 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 43,999 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$177,700 ±$43,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $180,200 ±$7,563
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.8% ±3% (1,007  ±339.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 8.9% † 8,793 (±1.2% / ±1,224)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.8% ±8.2% (6,903  ±748.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 87.5% 60,499 (±2.7% / ±1,860.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17% ±3.7% (1,354  ±301.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 21.1% 14,575 (±1.4% / ±936.8)
  • 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

4.7% ±1.7% (534  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 3% 2,957
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.5% ±2.7% (661  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.4% † 5,717 (±0.8% / ±654)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
661 Total veterans ±240 639 Male ±238 22 Female ±34

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