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28167

2,253 Population
73.6 square miles 30.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±14.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,570 ±$4,516 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $30,460 ±$1,251
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$59,732 ±$25,240 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $51,410 ±$2,731
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9.1% ±6.1% (205  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 16.8% † 10,665 (±1.9% / ±1,176)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.8 minutes ±2.1 (20,775  ±9,766) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26.1 636,380 (±1.1 / ±37,836)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

933 ±215 Number of households
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26,642 ±396
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (2,246  ±558) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 2.4 63,688 (±0 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.8% ±2.3% (3  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 5.4% † 733 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,252 ±239 Number of housing units
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 32,775 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$234,500 ±$29,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $201,800 ±$9,065
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

3.8% ±3.3% (85  ±76.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 10.9% † 7,023 (±1.3% / ±836.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.5% ±29.3% (1,445  ±325.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 87.2% 41,223 (±3.3% / ±1,548)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
22.5% ±10.6% (367  ±194.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 21.5% 10,143 (±1.8% / ±834.7)
  • 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

1% ±1.3% (23  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 3.2% 2,043
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.8% ±4.1% (181  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 7.4% 3,853 (±0.7% / ±374)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
181 Total veterans ±87 160 Male ±76 21 Female ±26

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