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Siler City, NC

8,106 Population
6 square miles 1,352.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 37 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$17,084 ±$2,597 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $35,830 ±$616
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $29,456 ±$143
$33,445 ±$5,711 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $60,113 ±$1,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $52,413 ±$224

26.8% ±5.6% (2,106  ±445) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 14.9% 79,515 (±0.6% / ±3,007)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 15.4% 1,523,949 (±0.2% / ±15,319)

27.8 minutes ±3 (84,700  ±12,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.2 6,226,715 (±0.3 / ±93,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 107,805,790 (±0.1 / ±523,091)

Families

2,885 ±203 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 220,244 ±1,198
  • North Carolina: 3,918,597 ±8,585
2.7 ±0.2 (7,892  ±126) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.4 531,651 (±0 / ±1,100)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,882,910 (±0)

5.9% ±3.8% (124  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 4.6% 6,760 (±0.4% / ±596)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 122,146 (±0.1% / ±2,525)

Housing

3,182 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 240,914 ±463
  • North Carolina: 4,573,066 ±829

$106,000 ±$17,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $223,000 ±$3,306
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $165,900 ±$470

13.8% ±4.5% (1,087  ±355.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 18.9% 104,327 (±0.6% / ±3,536.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 15.3% 1,531,018 (±0.1% / ±13,990.5)

Social

68.9% ±7.6% (3,541  ±438.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 89.2% 336,758 (±1% / ±3,898)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 87.4% 6,011,908 (±0.3% / ±17,962.2)
11.1% ±3.2% (568  ±165) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 46.7% 176,042 (±0.7% / ±2,635.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 30.5% 2,099,206 (±0.2% / ±10,598.6)

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

23.3% ±3.6% (1,886  ±290) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 68,495 (±0.3% / ±1,783)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 799,616 (±0.1% / ±5,938)

6.7% ±1.7% (379  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 6.3% 27,871 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 667,696 (±0.1% / ±4,959)
379 Total veterans ±99 299 Male ±75 80 Female ±59

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