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Lincolnton, NC Urban Area

24,725 Population
28.4 square miles 870.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,863 ±$2,425 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,058 ±$6,273 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.5% ±6.2% (5,448  ±1,531) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±2.1 (255,035  ±31,275) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,992 ±574 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (24,096  ±1,516) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±4.2% (456  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,681 ±642 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,400 ±$16,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±3.3% (3,383  ±823.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±3.4% (13,702  ±993.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±2.3% (3,246  ±426.1) 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

9.7% ±1.7% (2,407  ±448) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.5% (1,170  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,170 Total veterans ±296 1,043 Male ±250 127 Female ±99

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