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Township 13, Morning Star, Mecklenburg County, NC

38,293 Population
25.6 square miles 1,498.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 35.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$48,837 ±$2,419 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mecklenburg County: $53,295 ±$732
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$100,417 ±$5,203 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $87,005 ±$1,162
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.2% ±1.3% (1,976  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Mecklenburg County: 10.4% 117,730 (±0.4% / ±4,938)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27 minutes ±1.4 (451,915  ±37,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 25.1 11,113,360 (±0.3 / ±184,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

14,906 ±577 Number of households
  • Mecklenburg County: 466,527 ±1,677
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.1 (38,048  ±1,375) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 2.4 1,138,652 (±0 / ±242)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.6% ±1.5% (388  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 4.9% 15,440 (±0.4% / ±1,198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

15,829 ±586 Number of housing units
  • Mecklenburg County: 503,071 ±213
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$415,500 ±$10,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mecklenburg County: $406,800 ±$4,752
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.9% ±2.5% (4,122  ±952.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 15.5% 176,462 (±0.5% / ±5,692.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.4% ±2.6% (26,203  ±1,291.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 90.8% 712,415 (±0.8% / ±6,563)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
46.3% ±2.3% (12,846  ±826.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 49.2% 386,379 (±0.6% / ±4,339.7)
  • about 1.3 times 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

15% ±2.5% (5,751  ±979) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 17.4% 200,313
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.2% ±0.9% (1,866  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 5.1% 44,881 (±0.2% / ±1,600)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,866 Total veterans ±279 1,711 Male ±272 155 Female ±89

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