Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety26#683/924
Economy90#96/925
Housing42#536/925
Health85#143/925
Healthcare62#351/923
Environment41#542/917
Education80#189/925
Infrastructure84#145/925
Community68#293/925
Leisure & amenities79#197/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$1,518
96/100North Carolina $1,376United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.8 /10k
94/100North Carolina 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New business applications · high19.1 /1k
92/100North Carolina 16.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low12.0 /100k
92/100North Carolina 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · high92.7%
90/100North Carolina 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Bachelor's degree or higher · high39.9%
89/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · high52
9/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Property crime rate · high2,016 /100k
11/100North Carolina 1,780 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high26.6 min
14/100North Carolina 25.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · high79%
15/100North Carolina 80%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · high6.9 /100k
19/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,668,342 (2020) → 2,938,830 (2025)
+10%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
17% (2021) → 79% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+62 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedWorsening
11.1 /1k (2021) → 6.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−40%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−38%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 4.3× (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.8% (2015-2019) → 92.7% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area improved on 17 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 2 moved within the margin of error and 7 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Bachelor's++4.7 points35.1% → 39.9%
Commute−0.6 min27.2 min → 26.6 min
Household income+32%$63,217 → $83,304
Suicides−7.6%13.0 /100k → 12.0 /100k
Violent crime−30%503 /100k → 354 /100k

Declined5

Price / income+1.1×3.2× → 4.3×
Transit use−0.6 points1.6% → 0.9%
Rent burden+3.2 points45.7% → 48.9%
Rent / income+1.3 points28.2% → 29.5%
Pharmacies−10%1.8 /10k → 1.6 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.9 /10k2020	5.6 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	66%
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Improved	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%2015-2019	39.9%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	85.8%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	16.5%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Improved	46%
Distance to an airport	19 mi2020	19 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	85%
Drug overdose deaths	24.9 /100k2020	19.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−22%	Improved	48%
Effective property tax rate	0.85%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	72%
Firearm deaths	15.6 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.5%	Improved	63%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−1.4%	Little change	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−1.3%	Little change	37%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Improved	51%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	8%
Homicide rate	8.7 /100k2020	6.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−21%	Improved	44%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,7182019	$75,1362024	+30%	Improved	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4742015-2019	0.4762020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$63,2172015-2019	$83,3042020-2024	+32%	Improved	74%
New business applications	17.1 /1k2020	19.1 /1k2025	+11%	Improved	9%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−10%	Declined	46%
Poverty rate	11.7%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Improved	55%
Property crime rate	2,398 /100k2020	2,016 /100k2025	−16%	Improved	19%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−1.4%	Little change	53%
Public transit commuters	1.6%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	27%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Declined	31%
Rent-burdened households	45.7%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Declined	30%
Restaurants and bars	8.5 /10k2020	8.6 /10k2025	+1%	Little change	50%
Suicide rate	13.0 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.6%	Improved	74%
Traffic deaths	11.7 /100k2015-2019	11.6 /100k2020-2024	−0.6%	Little change	64%
Unemployment rate	7.2%2020	3.9%2025	−3.3 points	Improved	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.6%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Violent crime rate	503 /100k2020	354 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	74%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area itself moved −0.3 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,768,407 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,768,407 residents

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

White57%1,571,482
Black22%600,049
Hispanic or Latino13%346,506

Education

1,890,821 residents (±607)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

No high school diploma9.4%177,379
High school or GED23%426,103
Some college19%354,426

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,076,260 households (±2,987)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Under $25k13%135,608
$25k–50k16%176,946
$50k–75k16%175,189
$75k–100k13%141,251
$100k–150k18%191,758
$150k–200k9.7%104,758
$200k or more14%150,750

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,076,260 households (±2,987)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Own66%709,351
Rent34%366,909

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

351,753 households (±4,215)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Under $7509.1%31,954
$750–1,00011%37,336
$1,000–1,50032%113,169

Home values

709,351 homes (±5,177)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Under $150k13%91,732
$150k–250k17%122,488
$250k–400k28%199,507

Age of homes

1,165,208 homes (±416)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

2010 or later21%249,367
2000–200921%248,781
1980–199928%327,997

Size of homes

1,165,208 homes (±416)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Studio1.9%22,690
1 bedroom8.0%93,742
2 bedrooms23%265,205
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,394,422 workers (±6,058)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Drive alone67%933,193
Carpool8.2%114,713
Public transit0.9%12,749
Walk1.3%17,438
Bike0.1%1,627
Work from home21%296,766
Other1.3%17,936

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+14.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,097,656 workers (±6,802)

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
United States share

Under 15 min22%237,456
15–29 min39%425,175
30–44 min24%260,914

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC employ 265,980 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand40,540 jobs	40,540	$38,850US $40,240	−3%	1.57×
Retail Salespersons35,150 jobs	35,150	$33,580US $35,410	−5%	1.03×
Cashiers27,350 jobs	27,350	$29,610US $32,880	−10%	1.01×
Fast Food and Counter Workers27,050 jobs	27,050	$28,880US $31,200	−7%	0.8×
Registered Nurses27,010 jobs	27,010	$90,620US $97,550	−7%	0.91×
Customer Service Representatives26,120 jobs	26,120	$44,980US $44,770	0%	1.15×
Stockers and Order Fillers23,250 jobs	23,250	$37,440US $37,330	0%	0.94×
Software Developers20,820 jobs	20,820	$135,920US $135,980	0%	1.41×
Waiters and Waitresses19,990 jobs	19,990	$36,430US $35,230	+3%	1.01×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers18,700 jobs	18,700	$56,120US $58,640	−4%	1.04×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC has 71,411 employer establishments, 253 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248), with 1,238,884 paid employees at an average annual pay of $68,621. The Census Bureau also counts 279,050 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 71,411; 279,050 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 253; US 248
Paid employees: 1,238,884
Average annual pay: $68,621; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	5,179	18.4	0.88×About typical	63,868	$70,587	11,506
Restaurants and other eating places	4,940	17.5	0.95×About typical	103,878	$21,882	1,322
Specialty trade contractors	4,807	17.1	1.10×About typical	48,526	$67,158	19,264
Lessors of real estate	4,479	15.9	1.29×More than typical	16,536	$70,336	26,735
Real estate agents and brokers	2,399	8.5	1.75×More than typical	5,130	$81,655	7,971
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,378	8.4	1.26×More than typical	22,731	$97,786	10,645
Construction of buildings	2,314	8.2	1.09×About typical	14,730	$95,509	8,619
Full-service restaurants	2,176	7.7	1.01×About typical	49,186	$25,255	541
Services to buildings and dwellings	2,176	7.7	1.15×About typical	19,185	$40,877	17,802
Limited-service restaurants	2,134	7.6	0.94×About typical	46,224	$19,121	516
Religious organizations	2,077	7.4	1.33×More than typical	19,955	$30,378	—
Building equipment contractors	1,803	6.4	1.06×About typical	23,433	$66,912	3,278

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,818,271 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $364.6M on contracts performed in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area: $124 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $364.6M; −45% vs FY2025
Per resident: $124; US $2,007
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 26%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$109.5M30%
Defense Logistics Agency$85.6M23%
Department of the Army$39.4M11%
Department of the Navy$36.4M10.0%
Missile Defense Agency$35.2M9.7%
Department of Energy$15.3M4.2%
Department of the Air Force$9.9M2.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$6.3M1.7%

Top recipients

CORVID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$62M17%
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES LLC$45.9M13%
VALIANT CONSTRUCTION LLC$43.9M12%
CHEMRING SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC.$19.6M5.4%
CATAWBA TEAPEC LLC$15.4M4.2%

Spending by fiscal year

273.9MFY2017
312.6MFY2018
459.2MFY2019
462.1MFY2020
322.8MFY2021
389.7MFY2022
437.5MFY2023
477.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$68M19%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$43.9M12%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$30.3M8.3%
Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills · 3133$26.2M7.2%
Fabric mills · 3132$17M4.7%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$15.2M

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $14.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area: $5,086 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $14.9B; −3.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,086; US $12,975
Loan face value: $5.4B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$9.6B64%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.6B11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.2B7.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$742M5.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$356.6M2.4%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$208.6M1.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$167M1.1%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$148.4M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT$249.3M1.7%
RALEIGH, NC
CITY OF CHARLOTTE$111.5M0.7%
CHARLOTTE, NC
INLIVIAN$110.8M0.7%
CHARLOTTE, NC
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE$97.5M0.7%
CHARLOTTE, NC
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE$47.6M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$11.8B79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.9B12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$293.6M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$244.1M1.6%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$186.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

12.7BFY2021
12.2BFY2022
12.9BFY2023
13.9BFY2024
15.5BFY2025
14.9BFY2026
0FY2027

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.

Counties in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in North Carolina

Areas based in North Carolina, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in North Carolina

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined5

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

What was bought