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Mecklenburg County (South)--Matthews Town (South) PUMA, NC

166,038 Population
86.5 square miles 1,918.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,759 ±$4,404 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$113,433 ±$7,997 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.8% ±1.4% (9,597  ±2,423) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.5 minutes ±3.9 (1,974,570  ±189,086) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

62,242 ±3,066 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (165,591  ±10,382) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±1.7% (2,293  ±758) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,190 ±3,102 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$488,000 ±$18,482 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±2.3% (18,643  ±3,976.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±0.2% (107,582  ±6,224.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
54.6% ±2.5% (63,357  ±4,673.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

27.4% ±3% (39,600  ±4,364.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

25.3% ±2.7% (42,025  ±5,233) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±1.1% (6,959  ±1,411) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,959 Total veterans ±1,411 6,126 Male ±1,310 833 Female ±477

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