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28782

6,519 Population
49.1 square miles 132.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 54.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$52,080 ±$8,233 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $43,211 ±$3,551
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$72,946 ±$8,357 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $67,758 ±$6,109
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

13.9% ±5.1% (895  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 14% † 2,741 (±2.8% / ±553)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27.6 minutes ±3.4 (57,530  ±13,055) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 28.4 206,325 (±1.8 / ±19,192)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,240 ±224 Number of households
  • Polk County: 8,976 ±238
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.1 (6,449  ±500) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.2 19,539 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.6% ±6.2% (38  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 3% † 96 (±2.1% / ±66)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,739 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 11,042 ±93
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$345,200 ±$36,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $315,000 ±$21,515
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

18.3% ±5.5% (1,188  ±368.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 11.4% † 2,253 (±2.5% / ±489.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

96.2% ±3.4% (5,339  ±429.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 93.4% 14,789 (±4.4% / ±693.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
45.4% ±4% (2,518  ±288.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 36.2% 5,733 (±2.7% / ±425.3)
  • 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

5.6% ±2.1% (366  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 4.5% 893
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.9% ±1.9% (569  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 8.6% † 1,451 (±1.1% / ±180)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
569 Total veterans ±119 541 Male ±114 28 Female ±22

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