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Light Oak, NC

277 Population
1.4 square miles 192.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±18.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$24,023 ±$8,173 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $30,294 ±$1,079
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$63,333 ±$29,665 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $58,534 ±$2,730
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

31.4% ±25.2% (87  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 16.6% 16,432 (±1.6% / ±1,602)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

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Families

110 ±63 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 38,850 ±585
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±1.1 (277  ±196) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 99,070 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

192 ±106 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 44,304 ±71
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$89,200 ±$82,183 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $200,000 ±$8,612
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

94.9% ±29.5% (243  ±183.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 88.4% 61,641 (±2.7% / ±1,871.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.7% ±6.7% (12  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.3% † 5,720 (±0.8% / ±593)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
12 Total veterans ±19 12 Male ±19 N/A Female ±14

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