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28621

9,403 Population
67.7 square miles 138.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,190 ±$3,145 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $32,573 ±$1,450
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$53,616 ±$7,823 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $55,656 ±$3,280
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

21% ±6.5% (1,927  ±617) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 16.8% † 11,829 (±1.8% / ±1,232)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.4 minutes ±1.3 (98,330  ±14,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 24.3 709,520 (±0.9 / ±33,474)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

4,126 ±351 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 29,869 ±421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.3 (9,190  ±737) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.4 70,384 (±0 / ±270)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.5% ±3% (108  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6% † 885 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

4,843 ±374 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,747 ±137
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$159,000 ±$16,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $177,600 ±$7,293
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.5% ±3.2% (882  ±302.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 9.1% † 6,414 (±1.2% / ±840.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

84.1% ±3% (5,670  ±548) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 83.8% 42,541 (±2.7% / ±1,369.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
20.3% ±2.7% (1,366  ±221.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 20.4% 10,358 (±1.3% / ±640.2)
  • 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

4.3% ±2.1% (405  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.1% 4,358
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.9% ±2.4% (519  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.3% 3,550 (±0.6% / ±330)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
519 Total veterans ±187 495 Male ±184 24 Female ±24

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