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Census Tract 406, Alexander, NC

6,210 Population
27.5 square miles 225.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Taylorsville: 56.3 † ±11.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexander County: 43.8 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,447 ±$10,244 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Taylorsville: $26,930 † ±$4,266
  • a little less than the amount in Alexander County: $33,425 ±$2,466
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$58,971 ±$11,603 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Taylorsville: $39,423 † ±$13,918
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alexander County: $65,354 ±$4,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.3% ±6.1% (551  ±307) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Taylorsville: 27.7% † 565 (±11.9% / ±287)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 12.6% † 4,357 (±2.5% / ±872)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.9 minutes ±1.9 (46,120  ±9,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Taylorsville: 28.3 † 16,745 (±3.6 / ±6,055)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexander County: 25.6 376,735 (±1.4 / ±29,020)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,762 ±218 Number of households
  • Taylorsville: 922 † ±197
  • Alexander County: 14,126 ±362
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.8 ±0.1 (4,883  ±652) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Taylorsville: 2.2 † 2,020 (±0.4 / ±551)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alexander County: 2.5 34,862 (±0.1 / ±92)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1% ±1.7% (12  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Taylorsville: 2.6% † 9 (±4.8% / ±17)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alexander County: 4.5% † 341 (±2.1% / ±158)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,352 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Taylorsville: 1,039 † ±214
  • Alexander County: 16,218 ±48
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$236,200 ±$37,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Taylorsville: $237,300 † ±$43,765
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alexander County: $211,800 ±$11,234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13% ±5% (804  ±320.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Taylorsville: 12.7% † 278 (±4.9% / ±128.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alexander County: 8.3% † 3,005 (±2.1% / ±753.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.1% ±6% (3,717  ±477.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Taylorsville: 83% † 1,480 (±28.9% / ±339.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Alexander County: 85.8% 22,972 (±4.5% / ±1,226.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17% ±4.6% (759  ±220.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Taylorsville: 15% † 267 (±3.9% / ±98.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alexander County: 16.7% † 4,462 (±2.4% / ±629.5)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

4.6% ±3.6% (287  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Taylorsville: 5.2% † 115 (±4.5% / ±103)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alexander County: 3% 1,096
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.4% ±2.1% (328  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Taylorsville: 10.6% † 203 (±4.9% / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 7.3% † 2,137 (±1.2% / ±335)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
328 Total veterans ±112 294 Male ±109 34 Female ±40

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