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Washington township, Beaufort County, NC

13,620 Population
96.3 square miles 141.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Beaufort County: 47.1 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,055 ±$3,914 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Beaufort County: $33,912 ±$1,719
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,776 ±$8,532 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Beaufort County: $57,997 ±$3,520
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.5% ±4.4% (2,457  ±599) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 18% † 7,931 (±2% / ±892)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.9 minutes ±2.7 (109,120  ±18,019) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Beaufort County: 24.2 421,125 (±2 / ±38,666)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,323 ±410 Number of households
  • Beaufort County: 19,103 ±475
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.2 (13,167  ±802) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Beaufort County: 2.3 44,073 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.7% ±3.4% (129  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Beaufort County: 4.1% † 371 (±1.9% / ±173)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,515 ±446 Number of housing units
  • Beaufort County: 24,385 ±45
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$187,200 ±$12,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Beaufort County: $181,200 ±$7,560
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.7% ±1.9% (770  ±260.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Beaufort County: 6% † 2,653 (±1.1% / ±488)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87% ±5.7% (8,971  ±783.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Beaufort County: 88.1% 28,902 (±3.5% / ±1,147.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.4% ±2.9% (1,999  ±318) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Beaufort County: 20.6% 6,755 (±1.7% / ±566.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.5% ±2.4% (746  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Beaufort County: 3.4% 1,536
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.7% ±1.8% (978  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Beaufort County: 9.2% † 3,291 (±1% / ±362)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
978 Total veterans ±209 935 Male ±197 43 Female ±40

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