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Valdese, NC

4,647 Population
7.9 square miles 591.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,618 ±$6,451 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $28,896 ±$579
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$63,068 ±$10,696 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $53,163 ±$1,285
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

10.1% ±6.6% (447  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 14.1% 50,322 (±0.8% / ±2,877)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

27.8 minutes ±6.6 (54,785  ±16,276) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 23.4 3,614,515 (±0.5 / ±95,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

1,775 ±209 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 143,098 ±1,169
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.6 ±0.3 (4,525  ±107) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.5 357,757 (±0 / ±682)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

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

Housing

2,010 ±238 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 162,969 ±338
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$120,700 ±$10,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $147,800 ±$3,174
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

10.6% ±6.1% (494  ±281.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 10.8% 38,935 (±0.7% / ±2,441.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

86.2% ±9.9% (2,917  ±393.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 84.4% 219,210 (±1.4% / ±3,649.4)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
26.7% ±6.8% (904  ±238.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 20.1% 52,180 (±0.7% / ±1,826.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.7% ±2.1% (78  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.2% 18,801 (±0.3% / ±1,058)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

7.8% ±2.7% (299  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 7% 20,222 (±0.3% / ±967)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
299 Total veterans ±106 273 Male ±102 26 Female ±40

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