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Guilford County, NC

549,866 Population
646 square miles 851.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.4 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

$37,793 ±$1,477 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,413 ±$3,004 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% ±1.9% (78,418  ±9,756) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.9 minutes ±1.1 (5,302,205  ±294,649) 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

222,927 ±2,765 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (523,336  ±1,542) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±1.1% (6,561  ±1,520) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

240,354 ±673 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$270,000 ±$9,060 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

16% ±1.8% (86,602  ±9,528.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.8% ±2.8% (333,787  ±10,253.1) 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)
38% ±1.8% (138,258  ±6,396.9) 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

11.7% ±11,841.4% (64,445  ±6,305) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6% ±0.6% (25,689  ±2,733) 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)
25,689 Total veterans ±2,733 21,719 Male ±2,531 3,970 Female ±1,192

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