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At-a-Glance
Burke County

POPULATION Burke County: 87,570 (US Census 2020)
87,611 (US Census 2021 Est.)
Burke County encompasses 515 square miles, of which about 8% is water

Age Groups Median Household Income: $55,529
0-19: 20.4% Median Home Price: $186,600
20-44: 29.3% Total Housing Units: 39,525
45-64: 28.7% High School Degree or Higher: 87.5%
65+: 21.7% Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 21.8%
Source: U.S. Census 2021 ACS

Climate/Weather
Month High Low Precip Snow
January 50° F 29°F 3.44” 1”
July 88°F 66°F 4.16” 0”

Distance in miles to Morganton from:
Asheville, NC ..............................56
Atlanta, GA ...............................239
Charlotte, NC ............................. 77
Chicago, IL ................................710
Greensboro, NC ....................... 120
Greenville, SC ............................95
Hickory, NC ................................26
Your drinking water Knoxville, TN ............................ 169
Raleigh, NC .............................. 194
comes via the Town Richmond, VA ..........................320
of Longview, which
purchases water from Washington, DC .......................426
the City of Hickory
Wilmington, NC ........................279
whose water source is Winston-Salem, NC ....................92
Lake Hickory. New York, NY ...........................655

MORGANTON DREXEL RUTHERFORD COLLEGE
Morganton is the county seat of Burke County. In the heart of Burke County at the foot of the Blue Ridge The town is bordered by Lake Rhodhiss in the
Downtown restaurants, galleries, shops, parks, and a Mountains, the Town of Drexel offers beautiful natural north and by Mineral Springs Mountain in the
movie theater make the city a vibrant social hub. The scenery, a peaceful small-town atmosphere and easy south. Rutherford College is within 60 miles of both
Historic Courthouse Square hosts free Friday night access to the urban amenities of Asheville and Charlotte. Asheville and Charlotte. The town is approximately
concerts in spring/summer, and CoMMA, the City of 45 minutes from the mountains with access to
Morganton Municipal Auditorium, offers world-class GLEN ALPINE hiking, fishing, hunting, and rafting.
performances and theater productions. This community was formerly known as Turkey Tail.
Railroad workers named it for a turkey tail-shaped tree VALDESE
CONNELLY SPRINGS near the railroad. It was renamed Glen Alpine in 1883. Valdese was the chosen home by Italian
Connelly Springs in the east part of the county
is between Hickory and Morganton. The natural HILDEBRAN immigrants seeking to build a community like
beauty surrounding the small community of Connelly Fans of the movie The Hunger Games (Lionsgate, 2012) their former countryside. Today, the town hosts
Springs includes the South Mountains, the Blue Ridge may recognize Henry River Mill Village as the District 12 notable manufacturing industries and businesses
Mountains of North Carolina, Table Rock, Lake James, home of the movie’s heroine. Hildebran incorporated in whose products are shipped throughout the
and the Catawba River Valley. 1910 and is named for lumber dealer J.A. Hildebran. country and beyond.

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