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Mount Airy, NC Urban Area

16,222 Population
20.3 square miles 797.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,959 ±$3,555 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,894 ±$2,510 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.5% ±4.4% (3,754  ±730) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±1.1 (121,810  ±12,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,205 ±418 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (15,849  ±754) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±4% (325  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,118 ±455 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,800 ±$10,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±2.3% (1,825  ±381.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.8% ±4.3% (9,889  ±717.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±2.5% (2,501  ±318.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.9% ±3.1% (1,117  ±500) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.3% (755  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
755 Total veterans ±167 699 Male ±160 56 Female ±37

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