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Hickory Mountain township, Chatham County, NC

3,072 Population
61.6 square miles 49.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chatham County: 47.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,709 ±$11,284 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chatham County: $56,724 ±$3,570
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$85,804 ±$39,389 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Chatham County: $88,534 ±$5,894
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11.6% ±5.8% (350  ±198) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chatham County: 10.5% † 8,111 (±1.7% / ±1,339)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.6 minutes ±12.1 (30,285  ±10,243) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chatham County: 27.1 775,110 (±0.5 / ±37,049)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

987 ±194 Number of households
  • Chatham County: 32,253 ±379
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3 ±0.6 (3,002  ±803) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chatham County: 2.4 77,604 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,177 ±224 Number of housing units
  • Chatham County: 35,013 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$340,300 ±$96,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chatham County: $397,800 ±$19,652
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.1% ±4.5% (217  ±149.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chatham County: 9.9% † 7,689 (±1.6% / ±1,217.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.2% ±26.6% (1,832  ±358) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chatham County: 90.4% 52,154 (±3.1% / ±1,828.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
40.3% ±10% (818  ±270.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chatham County: 48% 27,697 (±2.2% / ±1,255.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

5.1% ±2.9% (157  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Chatham County: 10.7% 8,344
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.8% ±3% (245  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chatham County: 7% † 4,387 (±0.8% / ±480)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
245 Total veterans ±88 221 Male ±89 24 Female ±26

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