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Mount Airy, NC

10,631 Population
11.7 square miles 907.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 43.7 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,565 ±$5,503 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $31,947 ±$1,517
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$39,873 ±$5,081 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $56,095 ±$3,150
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

27.1% ±6.6% (2,805  ±680) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 16.7% 11,724 (±1.6% / ±1,113)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.7 minutes ±1.9 (75,435  ±10,273) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 25.3 747,455 (±1.5 / ±48,660)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,925 ±346 Number of households
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 29,366 ±394
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.2 (10,255  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 2.4 70,340 (±0 / ±318)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9.9% ±5.3% (210  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.6% † 828 (±1.2% / ±176)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,433 ±375 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 33,609 ±130
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$176,600 ±$19,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: $166,400 ±$5,161
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.7% ±3.3% (1,332  ±350) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 9.5% † 6,674 (±1.3% / ±923)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

83.9% ±7% (6,786  ±621.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 82.7% 41,910 (±2.7% / ±1,374.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
24.3% ±3.7% (1,962  ±305.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 19.4% 9,838 (±1.3% / ±655.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

5% ±2.4% (531  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 5.9% 4,194
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.7% ±1.6% (657  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 3,630 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
657 Total veterans ±142 574 Male ±122 83 Female ±60

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