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Locust, NC

5,840 Population
8.2 square miles 710.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,676 ±$3,720 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $31,661 ±$1,214
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$76,504 ±$18,990 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $60,704 ±$3,835
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

8.7% ±4.1% (507  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 15.3% † 9,554 (±1.7% / ±1,088)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

32.7 minutes ±1.5 (65,195  ±10,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 28.1 724,445 (±1.2 / ±39,269)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,193 ±208 Number of households
  • the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 25,240 ±380
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.3 (5,836  ±432) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 2.5 62,742 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.2% ±4% (50  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 5.4% † 762 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,334 ±245 Number of housing units
  • the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 28,632 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$322,100 ±$31,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $242,400 ±$7,205
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.8% ±5.1% (569  ±299.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 10.7% † 6,843 (±1.5% / ±933.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.1% ±10.4% (3,435  ±489.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 88.6% 40,146 (±3.2% / ±1,440)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
22.5% ±5.8% (878  ±235.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 19.9% 9,018 (±1.6% / ±721.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

1.8% ±1.4% (103  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 4.4% 2,833
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.7% ±2.3% (208  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 3,306 (±0.9% / ±458)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
208 Total veterans ±103 200 Male ±102 8 Female ±14

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