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Lenoir, NC

18,301 Population
20.8 square miles 878.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,697 ±$1,840 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $31,932 ±$937
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$44,802 ±$5,789 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $57,943 ±$1,261
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

16% ±4.2% (2,845  ±742) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.9% 49,904 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

23.9 minutes ±2.4 (160,205  ±21,219) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 23.9 3,702,780 (±0.5 / ±103,140)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

7,612 ±406 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 145,518 ±1,115
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.3 ±0.1 (17,740  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.5 358,240 (±0 / ±143)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

5.2% ±2.7% (212  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 4.8% † 3,729 (±0.6% / ±469)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

8,660 ±465 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 163,980 ±102
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$145,200 ±$17,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $172,700 ±$3,415
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

10.1% ±2.8% (1,836  ±,512.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 10.2% 37,068 (±0.6% / ±2,305)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

84.7% ±6.2% (10,675  ±,886.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 85.4% 223,064 (±1.4% / ±3,707.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
17.4% ±2.6% (2,199  ±,338.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 20.9% 54,646 (±0.7% / ±1,810.8)
  • about half 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

5.4% ±1.9% (988  ±340) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 18,693
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

6.9% ±1.3% (1,004  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 20,099 (±0.3% / ±965)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
1,004 Total veterans ±187 928 Male ±180 76 Female ±68

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