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28001

26,424 Population
131.4 square miles 201.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,425 ±$1,359 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $31,661 ±$1,214
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$54,804 ±$4,046 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $60,704 ±$3,835
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.8% ±2.4% (4,843  ±639) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 15.3% † 9,554 (±1.7% / ±1,088)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.8 minutes ±1.8 (270,125  ±26,481) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 28.1 724,445 (±1.2 / ±39,269)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

11,016 ±456 Number of households
  • the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 25,240 ±380
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (25,692  ±891) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 2.5 62,742 (±0 / ±56)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6% ±2.5% (362  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 5.4% † 762 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

12,968 ±432 Number of housing units
  • the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 28,632 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$215,400 ±$12,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: $242,400 ±$7,205
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.7% ±2.8% (3,061  ±730.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 10.7% † 6,843 (±1.5% / ±933.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.2% ±4.1% (16,630  ±962) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 88.6% 40,146 (±3.2% / ±1,440)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
20.8% ±2.4% (3,882  ±469.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 19.9% 9,018 (±1.6% / ±721.5)
  • about three-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

3.7% ±1% (987  ±274) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 4.4% 2,833
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.3% ±1.8% (1,523  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albemarle, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 3,306 (±0.9% / ±458)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,523 Total veterans ±384 1,333 Male ±284 190 Female ±121

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