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28762

6,599 Population
95.5 square miles 69.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,755 ±$3,257 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $30,395 ±$1,351
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$66,410 ±$10,350 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $57,168 ±$4,181
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14.6% ±4.8% (960  ±333) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 14.8% † 6,447 (±2.1% / ±929)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.2 minutes ±7.1 (64,850  ±12,531) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 24.7 442,125 (±1 / ±24,955)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,978 ±330 Number of households
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 18,638 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.3 (6,508  ±683) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 2.3 43,386 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.5% ±1.7% (16  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 5.4% † 505 (±2.2% / ±211)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,425 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the Marion, NC Micro Area: 21,575 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$196,600 ±$20,366 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Marion, NC Micro Area: $171,100 ±$10,414
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.3% ±3.6% (678  ±246) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 9.5% † 4,202 (±1.8% / ±790.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.4% ±2.5% (4,986  ±546.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 85.3% 28,082 (±3.5% / ±1,178.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
21.1% ±4.3% (1,140  ±259.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 18.1% 5,958 (±1.7% / ±567.1)
  • 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

2.3% ±1.7% (152  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 3.2% 1,426
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.7% ±2.9% (430  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion, NC Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,760 (±1% / ±376)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
430 Total veterans ±166 398 Male ±151 32 Female ±43

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