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27244

16,329 Population
53.8 square miles 303.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23 ±3 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,917 ±$3,182 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $34,547 ±$941
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$75,323 ±$10,172 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $65,651 ±$1,854
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14.3% ±3.4% (1,713  ±422) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 13.4% 22,876 (±1% / ±1,769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.8 minutes ±2.7 (140,630  ±22,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 25.9 1,919,120 (±0.8 / ±69,813)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

4,509 ±303 Number of households
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 70,062 ±653
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (11,804  ±685) 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

1.4% ±1.2% (75  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,202 (±1.1% / ±464)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

5,360 ±377 Number of housing units
  • the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 77,073 ±104
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$278,000 ±$39,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: $241,500 ±$5,511
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

18% ±2.6% (2,928  ±443.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 10.7% 18,743 (±1.1% / ±1,831.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.8% ±4.7% (7,471  ±646.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 89% 106,496 (±2.2% / ±2,586.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
34.7% ±4.5% (2,764  ±404.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 28.7% 34,376 (±1.2% / ±1,376.7)
  • a little less than 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

3.1% ±1% (498  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 9.5% 16,841
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.5% ±1.3% (761  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Burlington, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 9,482 (±0.5% / ±659)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
761 Total veterans ±182 681 Male ±174 80 Female ±67

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