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28277

72,375 Population
24.1 square miles 2,997 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$66,638 ±$2,577 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$122,223 ±$4,363 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.3% ±1% (3,077  ±696) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.4 minutes ±2.7 (713,940  ±47,484) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

28,537 ±990 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.1 (72,347  ±3,012) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.4% ±0.8% (609  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

30,100 ±945 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$507,600 ±$18,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

17.3% ±2.2% (12,432  ±1,634.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.6% ±4.8% (47,345  ±1,559.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
67% ±3.5% (32,836  ±1,160.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • nearly double 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

22.1% ±1.6% (15,976  ±1,321) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.5% ±0.6% (2,383  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,383 Total veterans ±310 2,129 Male ±281 254 Female ±108

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