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28086

28,921 Population
90.5 square miles 319.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,468 ±$1,992 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $29,849 ±$1,433
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$56,079 ±$6,829 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $55,769 ±$2,864
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.5% ±3.4% (5,295  ±1,027) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 17.2% 16,925 (±1.6% / ±1,531)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.5 minutes ±1.1 (314,475  ±30,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 25.1 1,029,360 (±1 / ±53,130)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

10,402 ±631 Number of households
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 37,218 ±633
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.2 (28,736  ±1,650) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 2.6 98,361 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9% ±3.6% (578  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,456 (±1.7% / ±365)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

11,307 ±602 Number of housing units
  • the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 43,999 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$181,600 ±$16,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: $180,200 ±$7,563
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.7% ±1.6% (2,199  ±479.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 8.9% † 8,793 (±1.2% / ±1,224)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.8% ±3.2% (16,705  ±1,143.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 87.5% 60,499 (±2.7% / ±1,860.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.6% ±2.1% (3,546  ±470) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 21.1% 14,575 (±1.4% / ±936.8)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

5.1% ±1.2% (1,473  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 3% 2,957
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.3% ±1.6% (1,645  ±368) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micro Area: 7.4% † 5,717 (±0.8% / ±654)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,645 Total veterans ±368 1,498 Male ±349 147 Female ±97

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