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Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area

370,030 Population
1,639.5 square miles 225.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,884 ±$1,327 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,164 ±$3,683 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.6% ±1.8% (49,083  ±6,360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.6 minutes ±1.3 (3,983,780  ±250,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

155,168 ±2,456 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (361,742  ±438) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

7.3% ±1.9% (5,616  ±1,450) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

169,251 ±203 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$230,400 ±$9,339 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.7% ±1.4% (31,917  ±5,072.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

86.8% ±3% (232,370  ±8,139.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
21.1% ±1.5% (56,536  ±3,968.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

4.7% ±7,110.3% (17,524  ±2,461) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.6% ±0.9% (19,662  ±2,766) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
19,662 Total veterans ±2,766 18,455 Male ±2,590 1,207 Female ±566

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