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28681

25,566 Population
167.6 square miles 152.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.7 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

$31,192 ±$2,872 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
$60,977 ±$5,363 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

12.2% ±3.3% (2,927  ±793) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.8 minutes ±1.7 (241,575  ±27,556) 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

9,768 ±417 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.1 (24,029  ±851) 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

4% ±2.4% (211  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters 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

11,538 ±335 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$209,000 ±$14,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than 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

7.9% ±2.3% (2,002  ±585) 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

83.9% ±4.6% (15,739  ±1,025.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
15.2% ±2% (2,847  ±392.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • about two-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

2.6% ±1% (672  ±257) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.7% ±1.3% (1,588  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,588 Total veterans ±269 1,475 Male ±255 113 Female ±71

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