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State House District 79, NC

83,576 Population
2,145.1 square miles 39 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,530 ±$1,267 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$59,438 ±$2,173 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

14.8% ±1.5% (12,066  ±1,237) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

23.9 minutes ±1.1 (788,095  ±41,829) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

35,838 ±642 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0 (81,396  ±313) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5.1% ±1.3% (805  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

53,236 ±487 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$216,600 ±$9,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

7.6% ±0.9% (6,349  ±,763.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

88.8% ±2.5% (55,509  ±1,619.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
25.3% ±1.4% (15,794  ±,906.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.7% ±0.5% (3,062  ±431) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

9.1% ±0.8% (6,129  ±534) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
6,129 Total veterans ±534 5,746 Male ±495 383 Female ±115

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