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Forest City--Spindale, NC Urban Area

19,799 Population
26.9 square miles 736.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,681 ±$2,207 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,489 ±$2,273 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.1% ±4.1% (4,991  ±804) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±2 (162,725  ±19,822) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,104 ±444 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (19,018  ±729) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±3.1% (289  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,527 ±463 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$183,800 ±$17,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±2.4% (2,964  ±491) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±4.9% (11,798  ±846.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±2.7% (2,681  ±399.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.3% ±1.7% (1,056  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.2% (900  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
900 Total veterans ±189 713 Male ±157 187 Female ±113

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