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Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2,636,883 Population
5,596.8 square miles 471.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,374 ±$567 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $32,021 ±$259
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$66,399 ±$1,371 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $57,341 ±$611
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

9.7% ±0.5% (250,656  ±12,952) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.6% 1,386,122 (±0.3% / ±34,891)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

27.7 minutes ±0.4 (33,843,410  ±652,771) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 118,198,690 (±0.2 / ±1,142,481)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

982,241 ±6,569 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,046,348 ±15,467
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 ±0 (2,599,021  ±3,871) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,207,193 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5% ±0.5% (33,328  ±3,241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 129,358 (±0.3% / ±7,231)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

1,084,126 ±1,822 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,748,148 ±509
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$233,900 ±$3,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $193,200 ±$1,582
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

14.5% ±0.7% (377,996  ±18,234) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 14.8% 1,537,525 (±0.4% / ±35,831.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

89.8% ±1.2% (1,610,863  ±21,701.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 88.6% 6,368,153 (±0.6% / ±41,056.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
36.2% ±0.7% (649,767  ±12,849) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 32.3% 2,321,185 (±0.3% / ±23,254.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

14.3% ±0.4% (353,085  ±10,850) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,214,237 (±0.2% / ±21,037.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

10.7% ±0.4% (282,888  ±11,143) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 884,631 (±0.2% / ±20,561)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

6.8% ±0.3% (137,672  ±5,519) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 641,993 (±0.2% / ±12,304)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
137,672 Total veterans ±5,519 124,919 Male ±5,258 12,753 Female ±1,696

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