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McDowell County, NC

44,817 Population
440 square miles 101.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,395 ±$1,351 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,168 ±$4,181 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±2.1% (6,447  ±929) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±1 (442,125  ±24,955) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,638 ±439 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (43,386  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.2% (505  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,575 ±70 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,100 ±$10,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±1.8% (4,202  ±790.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±3.5% (28,082  ±1,178.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±1.7% (5,958  ±567.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% (1,426  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1% (2,760  ±376) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,760 Total veterans ±376 2,530 Male ±340 230 Female ±112

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