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Morganton, NC

17,541 Population
19.2 square miles 912.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,668 ±$2,720 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $33,377 ±$776
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$49,434 ±$4,828 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $60,255 ±$1,481
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

29.9% ±5.9% (4,992  ±980) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.9% 49,993 (±0.8% / ±3,014)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.4 minutes ±1.8 (130,765  ±16,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.3 3,762,310 (±0.6 / ±110,423)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,682 ±324 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 147,735 ±939
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.1 (16,345  ±86) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 359,109 (±0 / ±158)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.5% ±4.4% (333  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,965 (±0.7% / ±552)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,328 ±343 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 165,443 ±102
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$208,300 ±$21,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $193,400 ±$3,807
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.5% ±4.8% (2,863  ±836.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 9.2% 33,422 (±0.7% / ±2,353.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

76.9% ±4.7% (8,947  ±753.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 85.7% 224,881 (±1.5% / ±3,838.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23% ±2.6% (2,679  ±344.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 21.4% 56,149 (±0.7% / ±1,832.2)
  • about two-thirds of 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

12.4% ±2.2% (2,167  ±383) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,437
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.5% ±1.1% (593  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.6% 19,365 (±0.4% / ±1,088)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
593 Total veterans ±152 574 Male ±149 19 Female ±22

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