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Star, NC

1,430 Population
1.3 square miles 1,106.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±14.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 43.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$15,220 ±$3,417 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Montgomery County: $30,192 ±$2,336
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$37,135 ±$12,944 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montgomery County: $55,849 ±$3,821
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

28.1% ±12.9% (384  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 16.1% † 4,027 (±2.7% / ±669)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.2 minutes ±10.7 (8,150  ±3,041) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Montgomery County: 26.6 268,635 (±1.6 / ±21,113)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

358 ±132 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 10,075 ±441
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3.8 ±1.8 (1,344  ±408) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 25,047 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

23.2% ±21.8% (45  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Montgomery County: 3.4% † 184 (±1.8% / ±95)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

435 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 14,930 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$131,600 ±$21,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $150,300 ±$10,895
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.5% ±4% (105  ±63.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 9.3% † 2,392 (±2% / ±506.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

67.8% ±28.5% (556  ±162.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 84% 15,642 (±4.4% / ±835.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
9.5% ±4.7% (78  ±45.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Montgomery County: 19.3% † 3,597 (±2.2% / ±415.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

8.9% ±6.7% (127  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 8% 2,080
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.8% ±2.4% (35  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 6.3% † 1,282 (±1% / ±202)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
35 Total veterans ±24 35 Male ±24 N/A Female ±14

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