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Mount Airy, NC

10,547 Population
11.7 square miles 900.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$29,307 ±$4,650 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $27,873 ±$1,113
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$33,773 ±$5,630 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $50,881 ±$2,487
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

29.3% ±5.2% (3,011  ±534) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 16.6% 11,691 (±1.5% / ±1,048)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

19 minutes ±2.8 (71,730  ±12,874) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 26 784,905 (±1.5 / ±49,755)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

4,795 ±311 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 28,603 ±413
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.1 ±0.1 (10,231  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.5 70,610 (±0 / ±152)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

6.3% ±3.4% (131  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.6% † 829 (±1.1% / ±165)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

5,521 ±330 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,486 ±75
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$160,100 ±$16,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $136,500 ±$4,119
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

14% ±3.1% (1,468  ±328.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 7.9% † 5,620 (±1% / ±733.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

84.3% ±6.9% (6,532  ±598.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 81% 40,979 (±2.5% / ±1,287.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
25.2% ±3.5% (1,955  ±282.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 19% 9,612 (±1.2% / ±622.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 33% 2,339,163 (±0.2% / ±12,758.5)

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

5.7% ±3.3% (603  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.6% † 4,025 (±0.8% / ±564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

7.3% ±2.1% (610  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,403 (±0.7% / ±401)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
610 Total veterans ±174 603 Male ±172 7 Female ±11

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