Indian Trail, North Carolina demographics

Indian Trail, NC demographics: median age 36.2; 40.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Indian Trail town, North Carolina · Incorporated town · GEOID 3733560. The survey estimates a population of 42,036 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Indian Trail is 36.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 13,796 households (±487). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	36.2 ±1.1	39.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,036
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Under 18	10,940 ±830	26.0% ±2.0 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	9,378 ±731	22.3% ±1.7 pp	22.9%	22.8%
35–64	17,758 ±1,051	42.2% ±2.5 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	3,960 ±512	9.4% ±1.2 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,036
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Male	20,619 ±597	49.1% ±1.4 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	21,417 ±608	50.9% ±1.4 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,036
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
White alone	28,455 ±1,253	67.7% ±3.0 pp	61.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	5,112 ±726	12.2% ±1.7 pp	20.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	149 ±112 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,487 ±596	3.5% ±1.4 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	14 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,435 ±858	5.8% ±2.0 pp	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,384 ±682	10.4% ±1.6 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,036
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	35,867 ±937	85.3% ±2.2 pp	88.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6,169 ±932	14.7% ±2.2 pp	11.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Married-couple family	9,163 ±448	66.4% ±2.2 pp	47.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	499 ±170	3.6% ±1.2 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,385 ±223	10.0% ±1.6 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,159 ±360	15.6% ±2.6 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	590 ±210	4.3% ±1.5 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Households with people under 18	6,055 ±395	43.9% ±2.4 pp	29.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	7,741 ±629	56.1% ±4.1 pp	70.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,159 ±360	15.6% ±2.6 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,003 ±545	29.0% ±3.8 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,862 ±419	20.7% ±3.0 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,259 ±404	23.6% ±2.8 pp	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,009 ±213	7.3% ±1.5 pp	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	234 ±112	1.7% ±0.8 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	270 ±118	2.0% ±0.8 pp	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,036
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Native	36,409 ±843	86.6% ±2.0 pp	90.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,627 ±840	13.4% ±2.0 pp	9.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 39,309
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
English only	32,275 ±1,120	82.1% ±2.7 pp	86.5%	77.7%
Spanish	4,483 ±888	11.4% ±2.3 pp	8.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	106 ±83 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	23 ±27 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	582 ±264	1.5% ±0.7 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,119 ±587 · low precision	2.8% ±1.5 pp · low precision	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	79 ±115 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	101 ±94 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	38 ±68 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	228 ±109	0.6% ±0.3 pp	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	170 ±120 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	32 ±40 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	73 ±96 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 27,075
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,741 ±339	6.4% ±1.2 pp	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	6,652 ±853	24.6% ±3.1 pp	24.8%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,006 ±625	18.5% ±2.3 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,794 ±391	10.3% ±1.4 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,232 ±683	26.7% ±2.4 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,650 ±543	13.5% ±2.0 pp	13.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 41,767
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Same house	37,135 ±973	88.9% ±2.3 pp	87.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,171 ±515	2.8% ±1.2 pp	5.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,090 ±600	5.0% ±1.4 pp	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	971 ±659 · low precision	2.3% ±1.6 pp · low precision	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	400 ±252 · low precision	1.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

4.9% of Indian Trail residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.9% in North Carolina and 8.4% nationally. 95.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Indian Trail	North Carolina	U.S.	Compared with North Carolina
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4.9% ±1.0 pp	9.9%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.7% ±1.7 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.9% ±1.1 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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