What is the population of Bessemer City city?

Bessemer City city has 5,508 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #155 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Bessemer City city?

Median household income in Bessemer City city is $48,784 a year, 37.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bessemer City city?

Median gross rent is $942 a month and the median home value is $173,000, so rent absorbs about 23.2% of median household income.

Is Bessemer City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bessemer City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bessemer City, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bessemer City, North Carolina (Bessemer City, NC — Census place “Bessemer City city”) is 5,508 residents, ranking #155 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $48,784, the median home is worth $173,000 and median gross rent runs $942 a month. Looking for the Bessemer City North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bessemer City, NC: 28016.

Population: 5,508Bessemer City city residents
Median household income: $48,784Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $173,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $942Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.9%Owner-occupied households

Bessemer City ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bessemer City.

The Bessemer City NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28016

What the numbers mean in Bessemer City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bessemer City city median would spend about 23.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 55.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bessemer City city, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bessemer City city is a mid-size town in North Carolina, with 5,508 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #155 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 34.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bessemer City city earn a median of $48,784 a year, 37.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bessemer City city is valued at $173,000, 43% below the national figure and 21% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $942 a month, 33% below the national figure, or roughly $11,304 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Bessemer City city?: Bessemer City city has 5,508 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #155 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Bessemer City city?: Median household income in Bessemer City city is $48,784 a year, 37.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bessemer City city?: Median gross rent is $942 a month and the median home value is $173,000, so rent absorbs about 23.2% of median household income.
Is Bessemer City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bessemer City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bessemer City city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.