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Siler City, NC

7,742 Population
6 square miles 1,287 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$23,926 ±$7,593 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $40,502 ±$694
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$40,440 ±$5,796 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $68,913 ±$1,650
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

26.2% ±6.7% (1,967  ±501) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.2% 80,610 (±0.6% / ±3,841)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

27.3 minutes ±3 (82,720  ±13,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.8 6,606,925 (±0.4 / ±128,127)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

2,598 ±253 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 254,732 ±1,591
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.9 ±0.3 (7,562  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.4 611,666 (±0 / ±1,557)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

13.9% ±6.2% (288  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 3.9% † 6,397 (±0.4% / ±714)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

2,881 ±260 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 278,357 ±602
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$124,400 ±$16,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $264,400 ±$3,745
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

16.8% ±9.2% (1,281  ±698.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 16.5% 105,022 (±0.6% / ±3,892.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

65.5% ±7.9% (3,135  ±458.5) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 90.2% 396,707 (±1.2% / ±5,346.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
13.7% ±4.6% (654  ±224.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 47.4% 208,675 (±0.8% / ±3,678.6)
  • about two-fifths 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

33.2% ±6.1% (2,569  ±473) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 75,889 (±0.3% / ±2,043)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

3.5% ±1.9% (191  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.8% 29,876 (±0.3% / ±1,424)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
191 Total veterans ±103 169 Male ±99 22 Female ±24

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