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Mount Airy, NC

10,621 Population
11.7 square miles 906.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,721 ±$5,625 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $30,274 ±$1,236
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$34,089 ±$3,978 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $52,743 ±$2,438
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

31.7% ±6.3% (3,266  ±645) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 17.9% † 12,615 (±1.8% / ±1,271)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

19.6 minutes ±2.5 (74,460  ±11,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 25.9 771,190 (±1.5 / ±51,234)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

4,899 ±305 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 28,990 ±458
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.1 ±0.1 (10,239  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.4 70,338 (±0 / ±346)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

9.3% ±4.1% (204  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.4% † 799 (±1.4% / ±203)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

5,582 ±310 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,549 ±168
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$172,900 ±$18,797 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $153,700 ±$4,709
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

14% ±3.4% (1,468  ±,356.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 8.6% † 6,077 (±1.1% / ±782)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

85.2% ±6.9% (6,720  ±,598.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 82% 41,535 (±2.7% / ±1,344.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
24.7% ±3.6% (1,947  ±289) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 18.2% 9,222 (±1.2% / ±629)
  • about three-quarters of 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

4.1% ±2.4% (437  ±256) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6% 4,281
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

6.7% ±1.6% (571  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.4% † 3,623 (±0.8% / ±443)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
571 Total veterans ±135 550 Male ±136 21 Female ±28

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