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Forest City, NC Micro Area

65,587 Population
565.4 square miles 116 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,293 ±$3,723 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,832 ±$7,943 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±3.7% (8,481  ±2,393) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±1.1 (636,380  ±37,836) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,494 ±1,101 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (64,293  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±3.1% (607  ±440) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,148 ±28 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$274,600 ±$25,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±2.6% (5,838  ±1,676.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.7% ±6.4% (42,477  ±3,178.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.7% ±3.6% (11,012  ±1,732.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% (1,888  ±886) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.1% ±1.6% (3,751  ±832) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,751 Total veterans ±832 3,234 Male ±772 517 Female ±320

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