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Forsyth County, NC

389,157 Population
407.8 square miles 954.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,241 ±$1,612 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$62,319 ±$3,044 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

15.1% ±2% (56,992  ±7,534) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.3 minutes ±1.1 (3,496,120  ±226,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,959,064 (±0.2 / ±1,086,259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

156,738 ±2,344 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (378,507  ±293) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,417,729 (±129.2 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.8% ±1.7% (5,541  ±1,577) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

175,632 ±940 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$251,200 ±$8,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.9% ±1.6% (49,527  ±6,281.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

89.8% ±3.1% (235,481  ±8,204) 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)
39.4% ±1.9% (103,347  ±4,918.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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 * ACS 2021 5-year data

9.2% ±13,070.9% (35,631  ±3,076) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% † 916,787 (±445% / ±18,841)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.6% ±0.6% (16,831  ±1,897) 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)
16,831 Total veterans ±1,897 15,323 Male ±1,821 1,508 Female ±620

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