Stallings, North Carolina
Area Profile
16,886 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Stallings, in Union County.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 16 sourcesUnemployment is 3.4% and median household income $115,974, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured. The unemployment rate is published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
Public schools test above most of the state: 64% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 17% of published profiles for schools. Math proficiency is published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
2,567 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 5% of the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment across Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, is 3.4%, lower than in 84% of the 4,226 measured US cities.
Employment across Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, fell 1.9% over the past year, to 127,229 employed residents.
54% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 91% of measured US cities.
Median household income of $115,974 is higher than in 89% of measured US cities.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsUnion County, NC’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $101,186 | 82nd percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftUnion County, NC’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $91,454 | 76th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$10,6272024 ACS 5-Year | $115,974 | Top 11%of 29,326 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$4,8472024 ACS 5-Year | $56,124 | Top 12%of 31,420 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 4.6% | Top 22%of 31,773 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±1.7 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 29.9 min | Bottom 34%of 31,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 53.7% | Top 9%of 31,919 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 66.6% | 21st percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentUnion County, NC’s figureJuly 2026 | 127,229 | Top 39%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)Union County, NC’s figureJuly 2026 | −1.9% | Bottom 26%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)Union County, NC’s figureJuly 2026 | −1.9% | Bottom 23%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceUnion County, NC’s figureJuly 2026 | 131,728 | 60th percentileof 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 89.7% | Top 11%of 31,513 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Mean annual wageCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $68,900 | Top 49%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Median annual wageCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $49,990 | Bottom 40%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.1% | 74th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)Union County, NC’s figureJuly 2026 | −0.2% | Top 44%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateUnion County, NC’s figureJuly 2026 | 3.4% | Top 16%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 25.3% | 92nd percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 40,540 | $38,850 |
| Retail Salespersons | 35,150 | $33,580 |
| Cashiers | 27,350 | $29,610 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 27,050 | $28,880 |
| Registered Nurses | 27,010 | $90,620 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 26,120 | $44,980 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Union County, NC, which contains this city.
64% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 61% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
There are 16.7 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Union County, NC: too few schools in Stallings reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against North Carolina’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Prices for everything a household buys run about 3% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 97.3, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area is up 50% over five years, and up 1.5% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.
Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $2,740 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.64% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $2,040, some 8% above the $1,882 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $2,040 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $81,600 a year, about 70% of the median household income here of $115,974.
The typical renter household here spends 27% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,882 a month.
A median home at $428,000 costs 3.6 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $119,406, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.
Prices here run about 3% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.
Published for the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.
The figures above are measured against Stallings’s median household income of $115,974, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of living indexthe Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area’s figure2023 | 97.3 | Top 34%of 3,700 | 2023 |
| Home price change (1 year)the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +1.5% | 30th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (5 years)the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +49.9% | 78th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (10 years)the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +124.2% | 91st percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price to income ±0.32024 ACS 5-Year | 3.6 | Bottom 23%of 26,901 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 87.5% | 74th percentileof 31,840 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±3022024 ACS 5-Year | 6,666 | 91st percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $1,860 | Bottom 24%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $2,510 | Bottom 35%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $2,040 | Bottom 31%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$2762024 ACS 5-Year | $1,882 | Bottom 10%of 23,217 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$15,6232024 ACS 5-Year | $428,000 | 84th percentileof 29,111 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$1332024 ACS 5-Year | $2,740 | 69th percentileof 26,440 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$10,1872024 ACS 5-Year | $119,406 | Top 16%of 27,548 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.04%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.64% | 23rd percentileof 20,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±8%2024 ACS 5-Year | 27.2% | Top 43%of 23,052 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±212024 ACS 5-Year | 0 | 1st percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.0% | 1st percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 2.8% | 25th percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±1112024 ACS 5-Year | 185 | 76th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
Population has grown 9% since 2020, reaching 17,617 in 2024.
Population is still rising but the pace is easing: 17,617 residents in 2024, up 1.9% over the year, a smaller gain than the year before.
New construction is predominantly single-family: of 2,567 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 11% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
Federal tax returns show Union County, which contains Stallings, gained about 1.9% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $101,186, above the $91,454 of households that moved out.
At 10.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Union County, NC, which contains Stallings, rather than for Stallings alone.
Population, annual estimates
People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- Mecklenburg County, NC 6,018 people · 38% of arrivals
- Cabarrus County, NC 455 people · 2.9% of arrivals
- Lancaster County, SC 417 people · 2.6% of arrivals
- York County, SC 318 people · 2.0% of arrivals
- Anson County, NC 236 people · 1.5% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- Mecklenburg County, NC 3,351 people · 29% of departures
- Lancaster County, SC 702 people · 6.0% of departures
- Cabarrus County, NC 349 people · 3.0% of departures
- York County, SC 327 people · 2.8% of departures
- Stanly County, NC 324 people · 2.8% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Union County, NC. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Stallings, NC is not one. This is the figure for Union County, NC, which contains this city.
Weather & climate
7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 32°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 37.9 inches.
Air quality measures a median index of 41, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| 90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year | 54 | 2024 calendar year |
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 37.9" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 32°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 91°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 7 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year | 0 | 2024 calendar year |
| Median air quality index2024 calendar year | 41 | 2024 calendar year |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 37°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Air quality
A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and earthquake, with inland flooding alone responsible for 67% of it. tornado is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.
Low or minimal exposure: tornado, strong wind, cold wave, winter weather, heat wave, hail, drought, wildfire, landslide, avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.
Stallings's police department reported 39 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, lower than most places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 539.
Union County has a modeled homicide rate of about 4.5 per 100,000 residents a year, because the CDC suppresses counts this small, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.
Firearm deaths of all intents run at 7.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.
Drug overdose deaths run at 10.1 per 100,000 residents in Union County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Offenses are reported to the FBI by Stallings’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Stallings (Union County) rather than Stallings itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Charlotte/Douglas Intl at 18 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 96.7% | Top 17%of 31,711 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 18 mi | Bottom 49%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 3 | Bottom 20%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±0.9%2024 ACS 5-Year | 1.5% | Top 17%of 31,711 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte/Douglas Intl | CLT | 18 mi | 10,000 ft |
| Piedmont Triad Intl | GSO | 79 mi | 10,001 ft |
| Columbia Metro | CAE | 85 mi | 8,601 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Other cities in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Same metropolitan area, measured the same way| City | County | Population | Area Score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Mecklenburg County | 903,844 | 59 | Charlotte vs Stallings |
| Concord | Cabarrus County | 108,719 | 60 | Concord vs Stallings |
| Gastonia | Gaston County | 82,884 | 58 | Gastonia vs Stallings |
| Rock Hill | York County | 75,259 | 67 | |
| Huntersville | Mecklenburg County | 63,969 | 66 | |
| Kannapolis | Cabarrus County | 57,890 | 54 | |
| Mooresville | Iredell County | 52,381 | 65 | |
| Indian Trail | Union County | 42,036 | 66 | |
| Monroe | Union County | 36,759 | 61 | |
| Salisbury | Rowan County | 35,825 | 53 | |
| Cornelius | Mecklenburg County | 32,783 | 66 | |
| Fort Mill | York County | 30,775 | 81 |
Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Safety | Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency | 2025 calendar year |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Housing | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional price parities and county personal income | 2023 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 2025 OEWS |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Demographics | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program | July 1, 2024 estimate |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Climate | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System Daily Air Quality Index by county | 2024 calendar year |
| Housing | U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions) | 2026 Q2 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated September 26, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.