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Township 13, Morning Star, Mecklenburg County, NC

37,373 Population
25.6 square miles 1,462.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 35.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$47,960 ±$2,187 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mecklenburg County: $51,490 ±$665
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$100,313 ±$4,221 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $83,765 ±$1,127
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

5.7% ±1.6% (2,108  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Mecklenburg County: 10.4% 115,896 (±0.5% / ±5,818)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.4 minutes ±0.8 (447,360  ±34,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 25.4 11,401,010 (±0.3 / ±172,060)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

14,401 ±556 Number of households
  • Mecklenburg County: 455,494 ±1,674
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.1 (37,099  ±1,390) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mecklenburg County: 2.5 1,115,618 (±0 / ±259)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.4% ±1.4% (364  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 4.9% 14,964 (±0.4% / ±1,151)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

15,462 ±548 Number of housing units
  • Mecklenburg County: 491,721 ±189
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$384,400 ±$9,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Mecklenburg County: $371,200 ±$3,400
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.8% ±2.7% (4,376  ±1,022.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 15.7% 174,842 (±0.5% / ±5,625.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.8% ±2.6% (25,818  ±1,264.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mecklenburg County: 90.8% 696,304 (±0.9% / ±6,861.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
44.8% ±2.4% (12,215  ±816.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 48.6% 372,777 (±0.6% / ±4,478.4)
  • about 1.3 times 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

14.6% ±2.1% (5,471  ±823) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mecklenburg County: 16.9% 190,648
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.1% ±1% (2,118  ±304) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mecklenburg County: 5.3% 45,741 (±0.2% / ±1,783)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,118 Total veterans ±304 1,958 Male ±283 160 Female ±91

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