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Masonboro township, New Hanover County, NC

15,278 Population
10.4 square miles 1,471.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Hanover County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$46,432 ±$4,975 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Hanover County: $46,083 ±$1,215
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$77,803 ±$7,683 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hanover County: $72,892 ±$1,510
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.3% ±3.8% (1,255  ±586) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hanover County: 12.4% 27,891 (±0.9% / ±2,090)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.9 minutes ±1.5 (147,375  ±23,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hanover County: 20.5 1,971,905 (±0.4 / ±58,948)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,405 ±510 Number of households
  • New Hanover County: 102,376 ±1,001
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (15,186  ±1,293) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hanover County: 2.2 224,956 (±0 / ±104)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.4% ±3.6% (262  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in New Hanover County: 3.6% † 2,061 (±0.7% / ±390)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,735 ±515 Number of housing units
  • New Hanover County: 117,236 ±94
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$334,200 ±$19,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in New Hanover County: $353,700 ±$6,528
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.3% ±4% (2,010  ±618.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 16.7% 38,271 (±1.2% / ±2,686.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.9% ±1.4% (9,962  ±922.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 93.6% 150,757 (±2.1% / ±3,310.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
45.6% ±3.7% (4,840  ±591.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 44.8% 72,131 (±1.4% / ±2,192.1)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.7% ±1.4% (863  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 6.1% 14,078
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.9% ±1.3% (821  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 6.9% 13,033 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
821 Total veterans ±174 752 Male ±162 69 Female ±69

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