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Chatham County, NC

79,864 Population
681.7 square miles 117.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$53,176 ±$4,905 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$77,906 ±$11,106 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

9.4% ±2.7% (7,473  ±2,099) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

28 minutes ±0.4 (806,090  ±38,016) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

34,020 ±1,004 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (79,043  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

1.7% ±1.7% (282  ±273) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

35,977 ±23 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$396,700 ±$53,871 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.7% ±3.7% (9,309  ±2,944) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.3% ±6.4% (52,871  ±3,894.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
48.3% ±4.5% (28,276  ±2,690.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

8.7% (6,939  ±1,157) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.8% ±1.5% (3,744  ±984) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
3,744 Total veterans ±984 3,438 Male ±951 306 Female ±291

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