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About Hickory
City in North Carolina, United StatesHickory is a city in western North Carolina primarily located in Catawba County. The 25th most populous city in the state, it is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Charlotte. Hickory's population in the 2022 United States Census Bureau estimate was 44,084. Hickory is the main city of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 368,347 in the 2022 census, and is included in the larger Charlotte-Concord, NC Combined Statistical Area with a population of 3,387,115 in 2022. In 2014, Reader's Digest named the Hickory metro area as the 10th best place to live and raise a family in the United States. Forbes ranked the Hickory-Lenoir-Morgan…
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Housing in Hickory
The typical Hickory home is worth about $295,000, up 1.6% in a year, 12% below the North Carolina typical home.
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Safety in Hickory
Safety Grade D
Hickory reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less. Within North Carolina, it does better than 31% of towns.
Schools in Hickory
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The public schools Hickory’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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