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Lenoir township, Caldwell County, NC

20,542 Population
49.6 square miles 414 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Caldwell County: 45.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,610 ±$2,069 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Caldwell County: $31,914 ±$1,263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,643 ±$3,426 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $56,425 ±$2,209
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.9% ±3.7% (3,828  ±806) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Caldwell County: 13.4% † 10,632 (±1.6% / ±1,236)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.3 minutes ±5.2 (246,195  ±53,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Caldwell County: 25.9 866,215 (±1.5 / ±59,306)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,203 ±662 Number of households
  • Caldwell County: 32,919 ±534
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (20,226  ±1,662) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Caldwell County: 2.4 79,646 (±0 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±4.7% (303  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 5.6% † 910 (±1.8% / ±291)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,135 ±603 Number of housing units
  • Caldwell County: 37,387 ±44
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,100 ±$16,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Caldwell County: $192,200 ±$9,416
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±2.1% (1,363  ±443.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Caldwell County: 7.7% † 6,172 (±1.2% / ±923.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±3.7% (11,925  ±975.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Caldwell County: 84.9% 49,711 (±3.1% / ±1,797)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
14.7% ±2.7% (2,094  ±412) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Caldwell County: 18.8% 11,007 (±1.3% / ±777.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-fifths of 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

5% ±1.9% (1,022  ±404) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Caldwell County: 3% 2,443
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.6% (865  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Caldwell County: 6.8% † 4,370 (±0.7% / ±453)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
865 Total veterans ±255 828 Male ±247 37 Female ±46

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