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28657

8,188 Population
160 square miles 51.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,318 ±$3,788 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$59,702 ±$8,605 Median household income
  • a little less than 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

9.1% ±2.7% (738  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25 minutes ±2 (77,780  ±13,053) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.1 3,751,370 (±0.6 / ±107,702)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,716 ±344 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.3 (8,097  ±696) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 360,621 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.7% ±3.1% (48  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds 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

6,360 ±482 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$240,300 ±$19,915 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.6% ±3.2% (614  ±267.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,994 (±0.7% / ±2,400.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.8% ±5.6% (5,976  ±596.1) 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)
24.9% ±4.6% (1,640  ±327.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.7% ±0.8% (140  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

10.9% ±3.3% (762  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
762 Total veterans ±236 740 Male ±232 22 Female ±28

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