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State Senate District 17, NC

205,104 Population
88 square miles 2,330.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,747 ±$1,709 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$139,144 ±$5,245 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.1% ±0.7% (8,340  ±1,484) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±1.6 (1,606,725  ±71,480) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

77,288 ±1,656 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (204,824  ±3,646) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±1.2% (2,830  ±672) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

82,067 ±1,631 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$589,200 ±$12,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.9% ±1.3% (34,224  ±2,601.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.4% ±1.6% (134,537  ±3,248) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
72.6% ±1.4% (100,197  ±2,594.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about double 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

26.2% ±0.9% (53,783  ±2,093) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±0.5% (5,937  ±738) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,937 Total veterans ±738 5,038 Male ±636 899 Female ±274

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