Census Reporter

Iredell County, NC

178,853 Population
574.4 square miles 311.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,261 ±$1,024 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$62,551 ±$1,817 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9.8% ±0.9% (17,360  ±1,520) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

25.6 minutes ±0.6 (2,013,015  ±59,285) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

68,374 ±590 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (177,623  ±185) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.9% ±1.2% (2,427  ±505) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

75,619 ±110 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$200,800 ±$7,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.7% ±1% (24,159  ±1,704.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

90.3% ±1.7% (111,584  ±2,151.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
29.7% ±1% (36,698  ±1,257.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

6.5% ±0.4% (11,600  ±712) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.7% ±0.4% (9,174  ±591) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
9,174 Total veterans ±591 8,327 Male ±559 847 Female ±221

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