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Chatham County, NC

83,874 Population
681.5 square miles 123.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,977 ±$4,931 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$100,641 ±$8,709 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.4% ±3.4% (7,843  ±2,857) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.4 minutes ±0.6 (820,370  ±38,747) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34,197 ±1,018 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (83,094  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±3.1% (697  ±513) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

37,839 ±36 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$530,200 ±$50,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.9% ±2.5% (5,714  ±2,089.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±7% (57,215  ±4,561.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.4% ±4.6% (30,579  ±2,956.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 1.3 times 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

10.7% (8,978  ±1,124) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.1% ±1.6% (6,217  ±1,116) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,217 Total veterans ±1,116 6,043 Male ±1,128 174 Female ±157

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