Montgomery County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,319 62.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,115 15.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,163 16.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 381 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 837 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 119 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 73 0.3%

• Under 18 5,308 20.4%
• 18–24 1,760 6.8%
• 25–44 6,348 24.4%
• 45–64 6,804 26.2%
• 65 and over 5,787 22.3%

Median household income

$57,356

90% interval $53,654–$61,058

−$16,699 vs NC · 69th of 100

Below poverty line

16.0%

90% interval 12.6%–19.4%

+3.4 pp vs NC · 37th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,240

Establishments

590

• Manufacturing 2,527 28.8%
• Education & health services 1,860 21.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,083 12.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 730 8.3%
• Professional & business services 723 8.2%
• Public administration 663 7.6%
• Construction 589 6.7%
• Other services 207 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 177 2.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.0%

+8.4 pp vs NC · 36th of 100

Median gross rent

$766

−$462 vs NC · 83rd of 100

Owner-occupied

7,981

Renter-occupied

2,662

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Construction, $66,015/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,008/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 9,044 68.6%
• Democratic 4,055 30.7%
• Other / third-party 89 0.7%

• Spanish 3,431 13.9%
• Chinese 142 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 90 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 50 0.2%
• Korean 6 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

10,643

Family households

7,614

71.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,490

19.6% of families

Single-mother families

973

12.8% of families

Veterans

1,296

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,257 24.3%
• Catholic 3,317 12.9%
• Mainline Protestant 2,640 10.3%
• Black Protestant 2,304 8.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 190 0.7%

Health insured

87.5%

±2 pp

Uninsured

12.5%

±2 pp

18th of 100

With a disability

19.7%

±1.5 pp

18th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

19.2%

±2.2 pp

−16.5 pp vs NC · 69th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.4%

90% interval 12.9%–15.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

28th 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

Albemarle, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

38.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8