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Charlotte, NC

859,052 Population
306.2 square miles 2,805.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,300 ±$1,190 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $33,209 ±$521
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $29,560 ±$232
$61,350 ±$1,942 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $61,156 ±$985
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $52,752 ±$510

12.4% ±1.2% (104,780  ±10,359) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 12.1% 301,726 (±0.5% / ±13,088)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,471,339 (±0.4% / ±35,219)

25.4 minutes ±0.7 (10,650,550  ±348,333) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 27.3 31,446,365 (±0.3 / ±511,253)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,653,370 (±0.2 / ±1,144,284)

Families

331,822 ±4,253 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 944,261 ±5,666
  • North Carolina: 3,955,069 ±14,774
2.6 ±0 (846,828  ±1,764) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,492,015 (±0 / ±2,838)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,006,648 (±0)

4% ±0.9% (9,603  ±2,047) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 4.6% † 29,489 (±0.6% / ±3,542)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 127,760 (±0.2% / ±5,742)

Housing

359,326 ±2,909 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,028,021 ±1,081
  • North Carolina: 4,622,656 ±769

$215,500 ±$6,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $197,100 ±$2,654
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $171,200 ±$1,016

17.8% ±1.2% (150,842  ±9,989.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 15.4% 385,493 (±0.6% / ±16,079.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.9% 1,509,156 (±0.3% / ±34,846)

Social

89.8% ±2% (517,162  ±11,698) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 89.1% 1,517,235 (±1% / ±17,860.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,137,396 (±0.5% / ±36,896.8)
45% ±1.3% (259,251  ±7,747.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 35.5% 604,315 (±0.7% / ±11,211.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,190,679 (±0.3% / ±21,578.7)

21.9% ±1.2% (176,130  ±9,376.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.9% 329,901 (±0.5% / ±11,171.9)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 11.8% 1,137,733 (±0.2% / ±21,100.2)

17.1% ±1% (147,074  ±8,451) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.2% 257,769 (±0.4% / ±9,181)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.1% 829,416 (±0.2% / ±17,576)

5.4% ±0.5% (35,333  ±3,168) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 7.1% 136,357 (±0.3% / ±5,378)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 656,044 (±0.2% / ±11,702)
35,333 Total veterans ±3,168 31,621 Male ±2,967 3,712 Female ±866

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