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Valdese, NC

4,704 Population
7.9 square miles 598.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,651 ±$9,045 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$50,740 ±$6,175 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

12.8% ±6.1% (588  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

26.5 minutes ±2.7 (49,710  ±10,040) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.1 3,751,370 (±0.6 / ±107,702)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,378 ±209 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.9 ±0.2 (4,585  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 360,621 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

2,427 ±222 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$209,800 ±$39,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.8% ±2.8% (272  ±129.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,994 (±0.7% / ±2,400.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.5% ±11.8% (3,444  ±478.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
37.3% ±8% (1,358  ±301.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

5.7% ±4% (266  ±187) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.9% ±3.3% (306  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
306 Total veterans ±128 287 Male ±117 19 Female ±31

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