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Shelby, NC

21,868 Population
22.4 square miles 978.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.9 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

$30,663 ±$2,762 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $29,849 ±$1,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$50,705 ±$6,471 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $55,769 ±$2,864
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.2% ±3.6% (3,920  ±783) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 17.2% 16,925 (±1.6% / ±1,531)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.7 minutes ±1.4 (181,470  ±19,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 25.1 1,029,360 (±1 / ±53,130)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

9,178 ±472 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 37,218 ±633
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (21,455  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 98,361 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.3% ±2.8% (242  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,456 (±1.7% / ±365)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

10,804 ±523 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 43,999 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$185,400 ±$10,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than 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

11.5% ±3% (2,475  ±656.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 8.9% † 8,793 (±1.2% / ±1,224)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89% ±5.7% (13,464  ±1,033.1) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
26.6% ±3.2% (4,016  ±519.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 21.1% 14,575 (±1.4% / ±936.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.9% ±1.2% (632  ±255) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 3% 2,957
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.3% ±2.3% (1,714  ±386) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.4% † 5,717 (±0.8% / ±654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,714 Total veterans ±386 1,374 Male ±301 340 Female ±291

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