Iredell County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 142,907 72.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,191 9.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 21,753 11.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4,773 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,185 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 192 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 40 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,503 0.8%

• Under 18 43,749 22.3%
• 18–24 15,511 7.9%
• 25–44 49,330 25.1%
• 45–64 55,015 28.0%
• 65 and over 32,939 16.8%

Median household income

$85,180

90% interval $79,015–$91,345

+$11,125 vs NC · 11th of 100

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 8.1%–11.1%

−3.0 pp vs NC · 90th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$13.5B

1.6% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,457

Establishments

7,065

• Trade, transportation & utilities 18,276 22.6%
• Education & health services 15,018 18.5%
• Professional & business services 11,860 14.6%
• Manufacturing 11,620 14.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 10,485 12.9%
• Public administration 3,205 4.0%
• Other services 2,325 2.9%
• Financial activities 2,299 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 92.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.9%

+5.3 pp vs NC · 58th of 100

Median gross rent

$1,252

+$24 vs NC · 14th of 100

Owner-occupied

54,856

Renter-occupied

21,488

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $101,266/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $35,956/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 72,801 65.8%
• Democratic 36,739 33.2%
• Other / third-party 1,020 0.9%

• Spanish 12,198 6.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 564 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 559 0.3%
• Arabic 509 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 464 0.2%
• Vietnamese 375 0.2%
• Korean 314 0.2%
• Chinese 196 0.1%
• Tagalog 51 0.0%

Households

76,344

Family households

53,939

70.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

15,747

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

4,048

7.5% of families

Veterans

9,848

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 49,037 26.3%
• Mainline Protestant 20,077 10.8%
• Catholic 19,429 10.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,681 3.6%
• Black Protestant 4,754 2.5%
• Orthodox 225 0.1%

Health insured

91.0%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±0.8 pp

74th of 100

With a disability

12.3%

±0.7 pp

90th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

34.1%

±1.3 pp

−1.6 pp vs NC · 20th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.4%–10.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

32nd Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

2 (Superior Court judges per primary district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 nccourts.gov; counts cross-checked against N.C.G.S. § 7A-41.1. Where an urban county (Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth) is statutorily split into multiple Superior Court districts, all sub-district seats are aggregated under the primary district number used in counties.json. ~109 Superior Court judgeships statewide.)

Court seats

Statesville, Taylorsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

27

17.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

26