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28752

30,292 Population
249.1 square miles 121.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,922 ±$1,500 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $30,395 ±$1,351
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$55,783 ±$4,239 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $57,168 ±$4,181
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.4% ±2.7% (4,476  ±809) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 14.8% † 6,447 (±2.1% / ±929)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.5 minutes ±1.3 (288,995  ±24,398) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 24.7 442,125 (±1 / ±24,955)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

12,424 ±527 Number of households
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 18,638 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.1 (29,153  ±1,050) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 2.3 43,386 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.5% ±3% (450  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 5.4% † 505 (±2.2% / ±211)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

14,264 ±483 Number of housing units
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 21,575 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$166,000 ±$10,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $171,100 ±$10,414
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.7% ±2% (2,609  ±607) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 9.5% † 4,202 (±1.8% / ±790.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

84.2% ±3.3% (18,302  ±989.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 85.3% 28,082 (±3.5% / ±1,178.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17% ±2.1% (3,701  ±473.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 18.1% 5,958 (±1.7% / ±567.1)
  • about half 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% ±0.8% (1,219  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 3.2% 1,426
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.3% ±1% (1,755  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,760 (±1% / ±376)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,755 Total veterans ±258 1,605 Male ±235 150 Female ±96

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