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Siler City, NC

8,116 Population
6 square miles 1,354.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$14,302 ±$1,213 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $34,342 ±$561
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $28,123 ±$130
$27,124 ±$4,919 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $57,600 ±$1,054
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $50,320 ±$204

29.1% ±6.3% (2,274  ±492) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 15.5% 81,602 (±0.7% / ±3,574)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 16.2% 1,579,871 (±0.2% / ±17,833)

28.1 minutes ±3 (81,600  ±11,408) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 23.9 6,008,470 (±0.3 / ±100,060)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.3 105,134,780 (±0.1 / ±496,041)

Families

2,847 ±196 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 217,016 ±1,311
  • North Carolina: 3,874,346 ±8,789
2.8 ±0.2 (7,898  ±107) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.4 524,695 (±0 / ±849)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,784,981 (±0)

4.4% ±3.6% (91  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 4.8% 6,907 (±0.5% / ±652)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 121,971 (±0.1% / ±2,930)

Housing

3,122 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 236,817 ±355
  • North Carolina: 4,521,697 ±693

$106,100 ±$13,679 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $212,400 ±$3,035
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $161,000 ±$389

14% ±4.6% (1,120  ±367.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 20% 108,499 (±0.7% / ±3,621.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 15.3% 1,515,401 (±0.2% / ±14,489.4)

Social

64% ±6.5% (3,115  ±348.7) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 88.7% 328,027 (±1% / ±3,873.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 86.9% 5,894,354 (±0.3% / ±17,098.6)
8.7% ±2.5% (422  ±122.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 46.3% 171,439 (±0.7% / ±2,581.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 29.9% 2,025,716 (±0.2% / ±10,337.5)

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

24.6% ±3.6% (1,999  ±290) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.2% 66,899 (±0.4% / ±2,040)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 787,971 (±0.1% / ±6,755)

6.5% ±2.1% (367  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 6.6% 28,509 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 670,326 (±0.1% / ±5,005)
367 Total veterans ±119 293 Male ±101 74 Female ±55

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