Catawba County * Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro
53.3K
Population
$67.8K
Median income
per household
$261.6K
Home value
12.4%
Poverty rate
What stands out
1 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 45.1% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$67.8K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$40.4K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$261.6K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
45.1%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
20.3%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
18.2%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
3.9×
Within typical 3-5x range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
4 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
36.1%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
11.6%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
13.5%
U.S.
13.1%
2 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
98.4%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
3.4%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
96.6%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
36.1%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 211
14.6%
Tract 407
12.9%
Tract 103.01
12%
Tract 103.02
9.5%
Tract 106
8.3%
Others (7)
33.6%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-10
64.1%
NC-5
20.4%
NC-14
15.5%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology