What is the population of Statesville city?

Statesville city has 29,161 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Statesville city?

Median household income in Statesville city is $55,492 a year, 29.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $935 a month and the median home value is $226,100, so rent absorbs about 20.2% of median household income.

Is Statesville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Statesville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Statesville, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Statesville, North Carolina (Statesville, NC — Census place “Statesville city”) is 29,161 residents, ranking #37 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $55,492, the median home is worth $226,100 and median gross rent runs $935 a month. Looking for the Statesville North Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Statesville, NC: 28625, 28677.

Population: 29,161Statesville city residents
Median household income: $55,492Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $226,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $935Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 53.5%Owner-occupied households

Statesville ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Statesville.

The Statesville NC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Statesville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Statesville city median would spend about 20.2% 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 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.4% of residents and 53.5% of households own their home.

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

Statesville city, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Statesville city is a small city in North Carolina, with 29,161 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #37 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 37.4 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 Statesville city earn a median of $55,492 a year, 29.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Statesville city is valued at $226,100, 25.5% below the national figure and 3% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $935 a month, 33.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,220 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.2% 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 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 53.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Statesville city?: Statesville city has 29,161 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Statesville city?: Median household income in Statesville city is $55,492 a year, 29.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Statesville city?: Median gross rent is $935 a month and the median home value is $226,100, so rent absorbs about 20.2% of median household income.
Is Statesville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Statesville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Statesville 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.