Weddington, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
13,805
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
43.3
0.46% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
4.01%
10.1% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$190,766
2.75% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$824,100
12.9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
6,602
0.518% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Weddington, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.1% of the residents in Weddington, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Weddington, NC was $824,100, and the homeownership rate was 95.1%.

Most people in Weddington, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 28 minutes. The average car ownership in Weddington, NC was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNorth CarolinaMecklenburg County, NCUnion County, NCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCMecklenburg County (South)--Matthews Town (South) PUMA, NCUnion County (West)--Indian Trail & Stallings Towns PUMA, NC

Population & Diversity

Weddington, NC is home to a population of 13.8k people, from which 95.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 16.1% of Weddington, NC residents were born outside of the country (2.22k people).

In 2024, there were 8.57 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (10.4k people) in Weddington, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.22k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 637 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.1%
2024 Citizenship
96.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.1% of Weddington, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Weddington, NC was 96.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Weddington, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    10.4k ± 610
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    1.22k ± 267
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    637 ± 404
7.16%
Hispanic Population
989 people

In 2024, there were 8.57 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (10.4k people) in Weddington, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.22k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 637 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

7.16% of the people in Weddington, NC are hispanic (989 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Weddington, NC as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    224,963 ± 11,520 people
  2. India
    83,219 ± 7,055 people
  3. Honduras
    48,247 ± 5,380 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 224,963 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 83,219 and Honduras with 48,247.

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Foreign-Born Population

16.1%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
2.22k people
13.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
1.88k people

As of 2024, 16.1% of Weddington, NC residents (2.22k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Weddington, NC was 13.9%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    234 ± 140
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    172 ± 88
  3. Vietnam
    162 ± 101

Weddington, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.36 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Weddington, NC employs 6.6k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Weddington, NC were Finance & Insurance (1,075 people), Retail Trade (849 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (838 people), and the highest paying industries were Information ($205,500), Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($190,000), and Manufacturing ($158,625).

Employment

Occupations

6.6k
2024 Value
± 621
0.518%
1 Year growth
± 13.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Weddington, NC grew at a rate of 0.518%, from 6.57k employees to 6.6k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Weddington, NC, are Management Occupations (1,614 people), Sales & Related Occupations (941 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (875 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Weddington, NC.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

6.6k
2024 Value
± 621
0.518%
1 Year growth
± 13.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Weddington, NC grew at a rate of 0.518%, from 6.57k employees to 6.6k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Weddington, NC, are Finance & Insurance (1,075 people), Retail Trade (849 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (838 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Weddington, NC, though some of these residents may live in Weddington, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$130,399
Median earning men ± $23,146
$60,948
Median earning women ± $6,772

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($250,001), Information ($234,219), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($202,500).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($180,455), Information ($124,688), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($123,512).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.
Y-Axis
3.04%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Weddington, NC was $824,100 in 2024, which is 2.48 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $730,200 to $824,100, a 12.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Weddington, NC is 95.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Weddington, NC have an average commute time of 28 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Weddington, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$824,100
Median Property Value 2024
±$70,846
$4,199
Median Property Taxes
±$393

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Weddington, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Weddington, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

95.1%
Homeownership
2024
68.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 95.1% of the housing units in Weddington, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 95.8%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$190,766
Median Household Income
± $24,012
4.42k
Number of Households
± 438

In 2024, the median household income of the 4.42k households in Weddington, NC declined from $190,766 from the previous year's value of $196,159.

The following chart displays the households in Weddington, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Weddington, NC is from North Carolina.
0.467
2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina
0.47
2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2023, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (63.7%)
  2. Worked At Home (30.5%)
  3. Carpooled (3.17%)

In 2024, 63.7% of workers in Weddington, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (30.5%) and those who carpooled to work (3.17%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

28 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Weddington, NC have a longer commute time (28 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.65% of the workforce in Weddington, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Weddington, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Weddington, NC have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4.01% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Weddington, NC (553 out of 13.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 12 - 14 and then Males 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Weddington, NC is Hispanic, followed by White and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96% of the population of Weddington, NC has health coverage, with 71.5% on employee plans, 2.36% on Medicaid, 10.4% on Medicare, 10.9% on non-group plans, and 0.768% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 31.3% under 18 years, 8.97% between 18 and 34 years, 45.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 13.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

4.02%
Uninsured
71.5%
Employer Coverage
2.36%
Medicaid
10.4%
Medicare
10.9%
Non-Group
0.768%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Weddington, NC grew by 65.8% from 2.42% to 4.02%.

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