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Lake Lure, NC

1,575 Population
13.2 square miles 119.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 44.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$64,692 ±$12,280 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $28,873 ±$1,179
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$75,259 ±$11,837 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $50,512 ±$3,085
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

7.9% ±4.5% (124  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 18.4% † 11,655 (±1.9% / ±1,215)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

36.2 minutes ±9.4 (15,080  ±6,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 25.4 623,730 (±1 / ±35,586)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

836 ±142 Number of households
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26,273 ±539
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
1.9 ±0.4 (1,575  ±234) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 2.4 63,398 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

9.8% ±10.6% (12  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 7% † 957 (±1.8% / ±243)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

2,242 ±196 Number of housing units
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 32,640 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$480,100 ±$89,627 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $158,200 ±$9,995
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

26.2% ±9.2% (411  ±,156.7) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 13% † 8,321 (±1.7% / ±1,112.2)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

96.7% ±20% (1,337  ±,186.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 85.9% 40,166 (±3.2% / ±1,500.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
55.9% ±6.5% (773  ±148) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 19.8% 9,245 (±1.6% / ±,733.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

4% ±2.3% (63  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 3% 1,969
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

11.7% ±4% (167  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 8.1% † 4,176 (±0.8% / ±427)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
167 Total veterans ±62 141 Male ±53 26 Female ±24

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