Morganton
A city in Burke County, North Carolina — population 16,625 as of 2020.
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Today
84°F
Sunny
Tonight
59°F
Mostly Clear
Friday
87°F
Patchy Fog then Sunny9% precip
Friday Night
65°F
Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers19% precip
In and around Morganton
See & do
- Alphonse Calhoun Avery House
- Athletic Performance Lab
- Beanstalk Adventure Playground at Catawba Meadows Park
- Bites and Brushes
- Burke County Public Library
Eat, drink & stay
- Abele's Family Restaurant
- Baymont by Wyndham Morganton
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- AJ's Family Steakhouse
- Applebee's
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Morganton by the numbers
Population
16,625Population figure, 2020
Households & income
- Area
- 19.24 sq mi (49.84 km²)
- Median age
- 37.8
- Households
- 6,888
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $51,355
- Median house value
- $221,700
Municipal office
- Office
- ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
- Address
- PO BOX 3448, MORGANTON, NC 28680
Photo:
Ron Reiring · CC BY 2.0