Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

27030

36,241 Population
170.4 square miles 212.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

43.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,756 ±$1,786 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $32,573 ±$1,450
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$46,377 ±$3,390 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $55,656 ±$3,280
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

19.1% ±2.6% (6,850  ±961) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 16.8% † 11,829 (±1.8% / ±1,232)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.3 minutes ±1.6 (341,055  ±29,204) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 24.3 709,520 (±0.9 / ±33,474)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

15,338 ±496 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 29,869 ±421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (35,849  ±1,130) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.4 70,384 (±0 / ±270)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.9% ±2.2% (518  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6% † 885 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

17,117 ±502 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,747 ±137
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$165,400 ±$6,116 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $177,600 ±$7,293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.9% ±1.5% (3,185  ±552) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 9.1% † 6,414 (±1.2% / ±840.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.5% ±2.9% (21,718  ±1,011.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 83.8% 42,541 (±2.7% / ±1,369.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17.8% ±1.6% (4,623  ±448.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 20.4% 10,358 (±1.3% / ±640.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

5.7% ±1.7% (2,051  ±630) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.1% 4,358
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.2% ±0.9% (1,761  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.3% 3,550 (±0.6% / ±330)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,761 Total veterans ±256 1,687 Male ±252 74 Female ±42

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.