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Lincolnton township, Lincoln County, NC

21,473 Population
42.7 square miles 503.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 44.4 ±0.2
  • 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

$31,804 ±$3,350 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $44,098 ±$2,205
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,045 ±$7,814 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $80,016 ±$4,599
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±6.7% (4,612  ±1,449) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Lincoln County: 11.3% † 10,332 (±1.8% / ±1,691)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±2.4 (223,410  ±29,647) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 29.3 1,096,385 (±1.1 / ±56,382)
  • 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

8,600 ±559 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 36,811 ±527
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (20,921  ±1,560) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.5 92,019 (±0 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.2% ±4.8% (450  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 7.3% † 1,426 (±1.6% / ±308)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,221 ±613 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 39,504 ±90
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$237,500 ±$17,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $321,000 ±$13,100
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±3.7% (2,837  ±811.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lincoln County: 9.7% † 8,881 (±1.4% / ±1,323.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±3.3% (12,384  ±962.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 89.6% 59,899 (±3.1% / ±2,072.3)
  • 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)
19.7% ±2.8% (2,867  ±456.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lincoln County: 28.3% 18,925 (±1.8% / ±1,183.1)
  • 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

8.5% ±2.4% (1,818  ±535) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 5.5% 5,075
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.7% (987  ±286) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 6.5% † 4,741 (±0.8% / ±567)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
987 Total veterans ±286 871 Male ±242 116 Female ±101

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