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Mount Airy township, Surry County, NC

23,206 Population
60.4 square miles 384.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Surry County: 43.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,120 ±$2,832 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Surry County: $31,947 ±$1,517
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$43,554 ±$5,490 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Surry County: $56,095 ±$3,150
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.9% ±3.9% (5,244  ±919) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Surry County: 16.7% 11,724 (±1.6% / ±1,113)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.2 minutes ±1.2 (179,390  ±18,275) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Surry County: 25.3 747,455 (±1.5 / ±48,660)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

10,066 ±452 Number of households
  • Surry County: 29,366 ±394
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (22,830  ±1,020) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Surry County: 2.4 70,340 (±0 / ±318)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.4% ±2.7% (340  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Surry County: 5.6% † 828 (±1.2% / ±176)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

11,312 ±454 Number of housing units
  • Surry County: 33,609 ±130
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$155,600 ±$9,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Surry County: $166,400 ±$5,161
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.2% ±2.6% (2,805  ±615.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Surry County: 9.5% † 6,674 (±1.3% / ±923)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

83.2% ±3.6% (14,035  ±884.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Surry County: 82.7% 41,910 (±2.7% / ±1,374.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19% ±2.2% (3,208  ±395) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Surry County: 19.4% 9,838 (±1.3% / ±655.4)
  • about half 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

4.9% ±2% (1,128  ±461) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Surry County: 5.9% 4,194
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.3% ±1.2% (1,321  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Surry County: 6.5% † 3,630 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,321 Total veterans ±221 1,213 Male ±195 108 Female ±82

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