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27217

41,406 Population
123.2 square miles 336.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$25,751 ±$1,473 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $34,547 ±$941
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$51,950 ±$4,198 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $65,651 ±$1,854
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

21.6% ±3.2% (8,906  ±1,382) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 13.4% 22,876 (±1% / ±1,769)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27 minutes ±1.1 (455,570  ±39,171) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 25.9 1,919,120 (±0.8 / ±69,813)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

15,498 ±672 Number of households
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 70,062 ±653
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0 (40,924  ±1,805) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 2.4 170,977 (±0 / ±119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.9% ±3.3% (686  ±330) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,202 (±1.1% / ±464)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

17,281 ±698 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 77,073 ±104
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$173,200 ±$7,689 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $241,500 ±$5,511
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.1% ±1.9% (3,303  ±775.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 18,743 (±1.1% / ±1,831.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

81.1% ±2.4% (21,529  ±1,180.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 89% 106,496 (±2.2% / ±2,586.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
15.5% ±1.9% (4,122  ±542.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 28.7% 34,376 (±1.2% / ±1,376.7)
  • about two-fifths of 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

14.5% ±1.7% (6,005  ±760) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 9.5% 16,841
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.1% ±0.9% (1,529  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 9,482 (±0.5% / ±659)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,529 Total veterans ±287 1,416 Male ±273 113 Female ±70

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