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Elm City, NC

1,173 Population
2.2 square miles 545.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,776 ±$6,035 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $30,057 ±$1,481
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,698 ±$9,953 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $51,381 ±$1,884
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.4% ±9.2% (216  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 21% 16,226 (±2.1% / ±1,583)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.4 minutes ±5.1 (13,340  ±4,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 22.4 694,975 (±0.9 / ±36,451)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

523 ±109 Number of households
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 32,860 ±483
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.7 (1,173  ±242) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 2.4 77,248 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

596 ±112 Number of housing units
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 36,702 ±67
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$106,600 ±$13,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $171,800 ±$7,340
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.7% ±8% (114  ±97) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 12.1% † 9,432 (±1.7% / ±1,315.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.9% ±24.4% (758  ±146.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 84.4% 45,691 (±3.1% / ±1,665.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.9% ±7.3% (133  ±71.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 20.3% 10,967 (±1.6% / ±852.7)
  • about two-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

2.9% ±3.1% (34  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6% 4,684
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.1% ±6.4% (90  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6.3% † 3,821 (±0.7% / ±408)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
90 Total veterans ±66 81 Male ±64 9 Female ±14

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