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State House District 42, NC

87,027 Population
123.3 square miles 705.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,350 ±$963 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$56,961 ±$1,778 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

14.3% ±2.1% (10,656  ±1,584) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

17.2 minutes ±0.7 (768,430  ±36,398) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

28,268 ±719 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0 (74,759  ±2,128) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

7.1% ±1.1% (1,476  ±233) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

31,857 ±634 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$157,600 ±$5,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

27.9% ±1.8% (23,862  ±1,657.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

95.1% ±1.8% (45,555  ±1,594) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
28% ±1.5% (13,427  ±,811.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

7% ±0.7% (6,059  ±621) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

23.9% ±1.2% (10,851  ±648) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
10,851 Total veterans ±648 8,109 Male ±575 2,742 Female ±360

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