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Cape Colony, NC

509 Population
1 square miles 503.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±20.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chowan County: 48.6 ±2.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,469 ±$10,488 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chowan County: $35,476 ±$2,829
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,152 ±$33,173 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Chowan County: $53,864 † ±$6,862
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±13.7% (72  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chowan County: 19.1% † 2,598 (±3.5% / ±475)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.5 minutes ±14.1 (2,630  ±1,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Chowan County: 27.8 † 151,215 (±3.5 / ±23,847)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

254 ±97 Number of households
  • Chowan County: 6,134 ±271
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (509  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chowan County: 2.2 13,577 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

308 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Chowan County: 7,190 ±23
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,400 ±$42,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chowan County: $235,800 ±$18,450
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

96.7% ±47.4% (377  ±124.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chowan County: 90.2% 9,411 (±6.8% / ±746.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.5% ±14.8% (111  ±70.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chowan County: 25% † 2,609 (±3.5% / ±376.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.1% ±14% (47  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chowan County: 10.5% † 1,177 (±2.2% / ±248)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±57 47 Male ±57 N/A Female ±14

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