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Bessemer City, NC

5,508 Population
5.6 square miles 976 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,546 ±$3,063 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,784 ±$11,033 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.3% ±6.6% (899  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.5 minutes ±3.6 (57,295  ±11,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,142 ±212 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.3 (5,484  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.9% ±4.7% (73  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,397 ±277 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$173,000 ±$19,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.4% ±3.8% (509  ±206.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82% ±9.1% (3,119  ±418.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.4% ±4.5% (548  ±176.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • 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

3.9% ±2.8% (214  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.8% ±3.1% (342  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
342 Total veterans ±136 330 Male ±135 12 Female ±20

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