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McDowell County, NC

44,679 Population
440 square miles 101.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,555 ±$1,487 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$55,527 ±$3,603 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14% ±1.7% (6,057  ±731) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.9 minutes ±1.3 (431,290  ±26,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

18,445 ±450 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (43,218  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.2% ±2.5% (579  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

21,475 ±78 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$168,300 ±$12,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.2% ±1.9% (4,534  ±836) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.1% ±3.8% (28,151  ±1,265.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.6% ±1.9% (5,739  ±606) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.9% (1,718  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.8% ±1% (2,778  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,778 Total veterans ±356 2,573 Male ±348 205 Female ±141

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