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Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2,701,046 Population
5,597.4 square miles 482.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,375 ±$655 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$71,041 ±$1,298 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.7% ±0.6% (284,609  ±15,087) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25.7 minutes ±0.4 (25,577,580  ±543,953) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,048,452 ±6,412 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (2,668,143  ±3,746) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.2% ±0.7% (34,682  ±4,389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

1,139,108 ±1,821 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$286,600 ±$3,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.4% ±0.7% (359,223  ±18,581.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

90.3% ±1.2% (1,664,301  ±21,350.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
39.3% ±0.8% (723,900  ±13,809.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

14.7% ±0.5% (375,037  ±11,867.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.4% 1,236,489 (±0.2% / ±20,364.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

10.6% ±0.3% (286,509  ±9,158) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.4% ±0.3% (131,550  ±5,823) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
131,550 Total veterans ±5,823 115,743 Male ±5,567 15,807 Female ±1,994

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