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Mount Airy, NC Micro Area

71,547 Population
532.6 square miles 134.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,517 ±$2,182 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,456 ±$3,600 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.2% ±3.6% (12,909  ±2,564) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.3 minutes ±0.9 (709,520  ±33,474) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

30,063 ±1,257 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (70,566  ±107) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±2.6% (852  ±401) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,094 ±53 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$196,700 ±$22,121 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.2% ±2.7% (6,486  ±1,939.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.1% ±6.1% (43,955  ±3,206.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.7% ±2.9% (11,604  ±1,470.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.5% (5,348  ±1,911) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±1.5% (3,053  ±855) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,053 Total veterans ±855 2,875 Male ±811 178 Female ±153

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