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Cabarrus County, NC

240,016 Population
361.2 square miles 664.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,060 ±$2,037 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$85,810 ±$6,995 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.4% ±2.1% (22,433  ±4,996) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.1 minutes ±1.4 (3,089,755  ±206,793) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

90,254 ±1,509 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (238,179  ±79) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±1.4% (2,479  ±847) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

95,944 ±113 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$374,400 ±$16,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.6% ±2.7% (32,402  ±6,348) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.2% ±4.3% (146,820  ±7,035.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
38.2% ±2.7% (61,456  ±4,359.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

11.2% (26,812  ±3,253) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.2% ±1% (11,172  ±1,777) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,172 Total veterans ±1,777 9,961 Male ±1,745 1,211 Female ±675

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