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Light Oak, NC

321 Population
1.4 square miles 223.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.5 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,964 ±$6,976 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $29,849 ±$1,433
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$59,583 ±$4,631 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $55,769 ±$2,864
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

28% ±22.8% (90  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 17.2% 16,925 (±1.6% / ±1,531)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

N/A

Families

114 ±85 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 37,218 ±633
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.8 (321  ±258) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 98,361 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

242 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 43,999 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$87,100 ±$57,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $180,200 ±$7,563
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±105.2% (283  ±200.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 87.5% 60,499 (±2.7% / ±1,860.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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% ±8.3% (17  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.4% † 5,717 (±0.8% / ±654)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
17 Total veterans ±27 17 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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