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Ayden, NC

5,035 Population
3.8 square miles 1,320.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 33.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,792 ±$2,914 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: $34,229 ±$1,100
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,711 ±$11,223 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: $58,851 ±$2,190
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

21.6% ±7.8% (1,054  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 19.4% 32,225 (±1.2% / ±1,968)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.4 minutes ±1.5 (42,515  ±7,470) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 21.7 1,557,410 (±1 / ±81,884)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,304 ±295 Number of households
  • the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 73,404 ±848
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.3 (4,969  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 2.3 166,162 (±0 / ±151)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

13.7% ±14.8% (142  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 3.8% † 1,844 (±0.8% / ±363)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,734 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 81,656 ±94
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$161,200 ±$21,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: $194,300 ±$6,747
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9% ±5.2% (445  ±259.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 19.1% 32,621 (±1.3% / ±2,224.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89.3% ±11.5% (3,145  ±477.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 90.9% 96,763 (±2.4% / ±2,542.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.8% ±4.9% (733  ±182.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 33.9% 36,045 (±1.3% / ±1,423.3)
  • 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

2.2% ±1.8% (113  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 5.6% 9,718
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.3% ±3.4% (274  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area: 7.1% 9,576 (±0.6% / ±803)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
274 Total veterans ±130 168 Male ±88 106 Female ±89

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