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28655

55,100 Population
325 square miles 169.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,976 ±$1,731 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$57,713 ±$3,545 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.4% ±2.8% (9,774  ±1,488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.6 minutes ±1.3 (532,235  ±39,171) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

22,219 ±643 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.1 (52,816  ±1,429) 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

6.1% ±2% (647  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,075 (±0.8% / ±581)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

24,750 ±574 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$191,800 ±$11,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9% ±1.5% (4,897  ±845.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,994 (±0.7% / ±2,400.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.2% ±3.1% (34,518  ±1,541.7) 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)
22.2% ±1.8% (9,000  ±752.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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% ±0.9% (3,325  ±497) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 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

6.3% ±0.9% (2,841  ±397) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,841 Total veterans ±397 2,589 Male ±362 252 Female ±136

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