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Caroleen, NC

261 Population
1.1 square miles 235.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25 ±31.8 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,986 ±$15,673 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $29,217 ±$1,497
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$81,019 ±$56,781 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $49,771 ±$2,569
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13% ±12.5% (34  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 17.6% † 11,196 (±1.9% / ±1,232)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.7 minutes ±30.9 (3,745  ±2,907) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26.3 645,165 (±1.2 / ±40,126)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

108 ±59 Number of households
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26,589 ±473
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±1.2 (261  ±192) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 2.4 63,589 (±0 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

161 ±105 Number of housing units
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 32,682 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

14.6% ±20.8% (38  ±61) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 11.7% † 7,519 (±1.6% / ±1,030.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89.9% ±38.7% (116  ±80.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 86.6% 40,757 (±3.1% / ±1,448.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.3% ±10.7% (11  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 8% † 4,122 (±1% / ±528)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
11 Total veterans ±20 11 Male ±20 N/A Female ±14

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