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28673

6,874 Population
23.7 square miles 290 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$60,745 ±$7,316 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$99,688 ±$27,043 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

3.3% ±2.4% (223  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

36.8 minutes ±5.3 (98,545  ±25,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.1 3,751,370 (±0.6 / ±107,702)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,184 ±445 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (6,874  ±980) 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

7.6% ±5.6% (80  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,075 (±0.8% / ±581)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,871 ±482 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$459,200 ±$73,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.6% ±2.6% (511  ±189) 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

95.3% ±18.1% (5,259  ±665) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
43.7% ±5.3% (2,414  ±447.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

3% ±1.8% (207  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.3% ±3.2% (553  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
553 Total veterans ±204 525 Male ±211 28 Female ±33

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