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Shelby, NC Urban Area

25,773 Population
25.5 square miles 1,011.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,469 ±$2,323 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,917 ±$7,435 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.3% ±3.5% (4,900  ±917) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.1 minutes ±1.3 (215,205  ±21,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,793 ±532 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (25,351  ±1,054) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.1% ±2.5% (273  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

12,773 ±599 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$184,600 ±$9,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.7% ±2.9% (2,975  ±737.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.4% ±4.5% (16,006  ±1,129.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.5% ±2.7% (4,203  ±523.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.9% ±1% (758  ±260) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.9% ±2% (1,961  ±399) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,961 Total veterans ±399 1,616 Male ±304 345 Female ±293

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