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Elroy, NC

3,507 Population
6.5 square miles 536.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,721 ±$3,430 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: $31,216 ±$1,073
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$54,375 ±$14,536 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: $58,082 ±$2,512
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15.8% ±7.6% (554  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 16.9% 19,436 (±1.5% / ±1,686)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.7 minutes ±2.3 (27,155  ±6,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 22.9 1,154,320 (±0.9 / ±53,969)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,415 ±179 Number of households
  • the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 46,888 ±589
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (3,507  ±608) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 2.4 114,638 (±0 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.4% ±2.8% (18  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,443 (±1.1% / ±284)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,528 ±175 Number of housing units
  • the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 53,134 ±58
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$120,500 ±$9,969 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: $162,700 ±$7,415
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.2% ±4% (288  ±148.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 13.6% 15,800 (±1.3% / ±1,492.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.5% ±5.7% (2,116  ±303.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 67,756 (±2.6% / ±2,010)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
12.8% ±3.7% (316  ±100.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 16,729 (±1.3% / ±1,033)
  • 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

9.7% ±3.9% (339  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 8,127
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

15.2% ±3.6% (418  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area: 12% 10,292 (±0.9% / ±808)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
418 Total veterans ±115 333 Male ±102 85 Female ±58

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