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Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2,595,027 Population
5,597.4 square miles 463.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,155 ±$346 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$65,725 ±$612 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.1% ±0.3% (282,633  ±7,467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

27.1 minutes ±0.2 (31,319,655  ±291,981) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

975,476 ±2,669 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (2,558,650  ±1,237) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.9% ±0.2% (31,774  ±1,528) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,062,398 ±532 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$216,700 ±$1,590 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.6% ±0.3% (375,296  ±8,637) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

89.4% ±0.6% (1,574,228  ±9,940.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
35.9% ±0.4% (631,158  ±6,293.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

10.4% ±0.2% (269,879  ±4,664) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7% ±0.1% (137,873  ±2,799) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
137,873 Total veterans ±2,799 124,289 Male ±2,666 13,584 Female ±1,002

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