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28601

53,329 Population
47.1 square miles 1,133.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$40,441 ±$2,819 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$67,817 ±$4,357 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

12.4% ±2.5% (6,419  ±1,301) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.4 minutes ±1.6 (505,150  ±48,621) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.1 3,751,370 (±0.6 / ±107,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

21,727 ±718 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0 (52,030  ±1,960) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 360,621 (±0 / ±144)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.9% ±1.6% (492  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,075 (±0.8% / ±581)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

23,838 ±783 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$261,600 ±$14,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.6% ±1.7% (5,608  ±925.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,994 (±0.7% / ±2,400.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.2% ±2.1% (33,235  ±1,523.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
36.1% ±2% (13,289  ±911.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • about the same as 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

8.3% ±1.6% (4,443  ±861) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.6% ±1% (2,795  ±435) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,795 Total veterans ±435 2,631 Male ±412 164 Female ±88

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