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28602

31,113 Population
70.7 square miles 440.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of 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

$32,255 ±$2,598 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$62,048 ±$7,330 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.8% ±3.2% (5,166  ±1,036) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.3 minutes ±0.6 (295,160  ±28,828) 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 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

12,005 ±687 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.1 (30,690  ±1,909) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 360,621 (±0 / ±144)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.6% ±2.2% (330  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,075 (±0.8% / ±581)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

13,371 ±624 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$212,900 ±$15,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.5% ±2.5% (3,239  ±801.5) 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

87.5% ±2.6% (18,636  ±1,150) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
20.3% ±2.2% (4,320  ±531.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • 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

6.4% ±2.3% (1,976  ±713) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.6% ±1.3% (1,329  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,329 Total veterans ±320 1,194 Male ±309 135 Female ±75

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