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Mount Airy City Schools, NC

10,652 Population
17 square miles 627.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Surry County: 43.7 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,752 ±$4,650 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Surry County: $31,947 ±$1,517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,754 ±$7,723 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Surry County: $56,095 ±$3,150
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

26.2% ±6.1% (2,752  ±665) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Surry County: 16.7% 11,724 (±1.6% / ±1,113)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

17.9 minutes ±1.5 (72,135  ±10,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Surry County: 25.3 747,455 (±1.5 / ±48,660)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,788 ±382 Number of households
  • Surry County: 29,366 ±394
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (10,462  ±669) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Surry County: 2.4 70,340 (±0 / ±318)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.7% ±4.5% (175  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Surry County: 5.6% † 828 (±1.2% / ±176)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,340 ±411 Number of housing units
  • Surry County: 33,609 ±130
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$179,300 ±$14,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Surry County: $166,400 ±$5,161
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.6% ±3.7% (1,427  ±403.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Surry County: 9.5% † 6,674 (±1.3% / ±923)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.6% ±4.9% (6,807  ±622.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Surry County: 82.7% 41,910 (±2.7% / ±1,374.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
26.1% ±3.8% (2,072  ±338.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Surry County: 19.4% 9,838 (±1.3% / ±655.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

5.8% ±2.5% (621  ±268) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Surry County: 5.9% 4,194
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.7% ±2.1% (741  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Surry County: 6.5% † 3,630 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
741 Total veterans ±184 691 Male ±172 50 Female ±45

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