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Matthews township, Chatham County, NC

12,804 Population
67.4 square miles 190 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2.8 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

$26,456 ±$3,420 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Chatham County: $56,724 ±$3,570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$51,966 ±$7,474 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chatham County: $88,534 ±$5,894
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

25.7% ±7.2% (3,231  ±935) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Chatham County: 10.5% † 8,111 (±1.7% / ±1,339)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.2 minutes ±1.9 (122,305  ±16,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chatham County: 27.1 775,110 (±0.5 / ±37,049)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,782 ±480 Number of households
  • Chatham County: 32,253 ±379
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.3 (12,583  ±912) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chatham County: 2.4 77,604 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

10.6% ±7.9% (271  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chatham County: 6.5% † 1,023 (±2.4% / ±372)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,284 ±482 Number of housing units
  • Chatham County: 35,013 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$159,700 ±$8,033 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Chatham County: $397,800 ±$19,652
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.9% ±5.6% (1,388  ±719.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chatham County: 9.9% † 7,689 (±1.6% / ±1,217.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

69.2% ±4.3% (5,991  ±724.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chatham County: 90.4% 52,154 (±3.1% / ±1,828.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.9% ±3.6% (1,288  ±340.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Chatham County: 48% 27,697 (±2.2% / ±1,255.5)
  • about two-fifths of 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

25.7% ±4.5% (3,289  ±619) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chatham County: 10.7% 8,344
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4% ±1.1% (396  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chatham County: 7% † 4,387 (±0.8% / ±480)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
396 Total veterans ±114 396 Male ±114 N/A Female ±21

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