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Forsyth County, NC

392,921 Population
407.9 square miles 963.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.6 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

$37,296 ±$1,461 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,062 ±$2,735 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.2% ±2.3% (58,108  ±8,691) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.9 minutes ±1.1 (3,517,835  ±212,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

166,028 ±2,774 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (382,352  ±3,278) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.1% ±1.2% (3,016  ±1,175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

177,815 ±1,431 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$267,800 ±$8,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.9% ±2% (54,112  ±7,778.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.7% ±3.4% (242,931  ±9,052.1) 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)
41.3% ±2.1% (109,557  ±5,624.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • about 10 percent 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

9.5% (37,474  ±4,154) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.6% ±0.8% (19,976  ±2,510) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
19,976 Total veterans ±2,510 16,991 Male ±2,092 2,985 Female ±989

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