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Hickory City Schools, NC

32,861 Population
26.3 square miles 1,251.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Catawba County: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,252 ±$2,577 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Catawba County: $36,025 ±$1,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,231 ±$5,018 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Catawba County: $64,544 ±$1,989
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15.5% ±2.6% (4,914  ±834) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Catawba County: 12.8% 20,376 (±1% / ±1,646)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20 minutes ±1.3 (277,355  ±27,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Catawba County: 22.7 1,585,785 (±0.7 / ±62,005)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

13,162 ±580 Number of households
  • Catawba County: 65,201 ±580
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (31,628  ±1,262) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Catawba County: 2.5 159,441 (±0 / ±37)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3% ±1.2% (230  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Catawba County: 5.5% † 1,963 (±1.1% / ±377)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

14,774 ±570 Number of housing units
  • Catawba County: 72,028 ±85
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$215,500 ±$11,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Catawba County: $218,100 ±$5,700
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.9% ±2.4% (4,548  ±805.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Catawba County: 10% † 16,012 (±1% / ±1,598.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89.5% ±2.9% (19,868  ±1,080.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Catawba County: 87.5% 98,941 (±2.2% / ±2,511.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
31.1% ±2.5% (6,900  ±631.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Catawba County: 24.9% 28,194 (±1.1% / ±1,277.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.7% ±1.8% (2,851  ±593) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Catawba County: 6.7% 10,923
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.6% ±1.2% (1,725  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Catawba County: 6.4% 8,148 (±0.6% / ±704)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,725 Total veterans ±320 1,562 Male ±290 163 Female ±78

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