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Valdese, NC

4,682 Population
7.9 square miles 595.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,002 ±$9,512 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $31,932 ±$937
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$66,745 ±$20,790 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $57,943 ±$1,261
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

6.5% ±4.9% (285  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.9% 49,904 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

26 minutes ±6.2 (54,165  ±15,950) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 23.9 3,702,780 (±0.5 / ±103,140)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,955 ±181 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 145,518 ±1,115
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.3 ±0.2 (4,557  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.5 358,240 (±0 / ±143)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,116 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 163,980 ±102
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$160,500 ±$34,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $172,700 ±$3,415
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

14% ±9.2% (654  ±,431.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 10.2% 37,068 (±0.6% / ±2,305)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

92.1% ±10.7% (3,166  ±,421.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 85.4% 223,064 (±1.4% / ±3,707.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
35.2% ±7.5% (1,210  ±,267.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 20.9% 54,646 (±0.7% / ±1,810.8)
  • a little higher than 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

2.2% ±1.8% (104  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 18,693
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

8.4% ±3.2% (319  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 20,099 (±0.3% / ±965)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
319 Total veterans ±122 276 Male ±110 43 Female ±37

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