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Hickory, NC Urban Area

200,500 Population
221.3 square miles 905.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,384 ±$1,939 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,689 ±$3,509 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.9% ±2.5% (27,322  ±4,966) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.7 minutes ±0.6 (1,851,305  ±77,061) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

84,120 ±3,042 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (196,196  ±6,728) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.9% ±3% (3,944  ±1,333) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

90,119 ±3,219 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$242,900 ±$11,007 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.2% ±1.7% (18,278  ±3,388.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.1% ±2.8% (124,638  ±6,223.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.3% ±2.1% (35,736  ±3,308) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

6.1% ±1.2% (12,185  ±2,400) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.2% ±1% (8,242  ±1,570) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,242 Total veterans ±1,570 7,734 Male ±1,466 508 Female ±389

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