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Carolina Shores, NC

4,843 Population
2.9 square miles 1,686.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.1 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,935 ±$4,710 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $44,459 ±$925
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$74,310 ±$10,670 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $73,687 ±$1,069
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3% ±2.6% (146  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.1% 48,102 (±0.6% / ±2,527)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20 minutes ±1.7 (26,675  ±6,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.6 4,056,165 (±0.4 / ±91,825)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,514 ±183 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 190,964 ±1,258
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.1 (4,843  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 432,219 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

2,848 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 242,220 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$276,000 ±$13,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $328,000 ±$5,263
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.3% ±3.6% (354  ±173.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.6% 63,646 (±0.7% / ±3,248.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98.7% ±10.7% (4,329  ±487.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.1% 300,670 (±1.3% / ±4,311.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
27.7% ±5.5% (1,216  ±242.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 38.5% 124,423 (±0.8% / ±2,683.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.8% ±1.9% (136  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 21,656
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.4% ±3.2% (563  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,734 (±0.4% / ±1,422)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
563 Total veterans ±148 543 Male ±144 20 Female ±24

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