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Hickory, NC Urban Area

213,375 Population
221.3 square miles 964 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,791 ±$2,527 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,051 ±$5,924 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±3.4% (36,222  ±7,170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22 minutes ±0.5 (1,881,045  ±67,164) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

87,941 ±3,480 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (208,991  ±8,822) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.1% ±2.3% (2,886  ±1,094) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

96,866 ±3,270 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$268,400 ±$14,266 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.7% ±1.6% (16,179  ±3,373.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.9% ±2.9% (134,264  ±7,036.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.1% ±2.4% (42,494  ±4,058.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

7.9% ±1.3% (16,943  ±2,833) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.9% ±1.2% (11,554  ±2,103) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,554 Total veterans ±2,103 10,615 Male ±1,880 939 Female ±634

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