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Hertford, NC

1,703 Population
2.9 square miles 595.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perquimans County: 50.5 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,442 ±$5,845 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perquimans County: $33,626 ±$2,242
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$40,096 ±$10,200 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Perquimans County: $61,224 ±$5,469
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

24.8% ±10.1% (418  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Perquimans County: 11.4% † 1,494 (±2.7% / ±352)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

36.9 minutes ±1 (24,775  ±9,904) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Perquimans County: 35.4 164,455 (±2.3 / ±17,493)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

744 ±149 Number of households
  • Perquimans County: 5,580 ±273
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.3 (1,635  ±397) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Perquimans County: 2.3 13,052 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.7% ±3% (6  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perquimans County: 2.4% † 56 (±1.8% / ±43)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,050 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Perquimans County: 6,918 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$178,600 ±$36,375 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perquimans County: $211,600 † ±$22,845
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

17.3% ±6.4% (293  ±128.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Perquimans County: 12.8% † 1,669 (±3.1% / ±408.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

75.6% ±22.5% (944  ±191) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perquimans County: 86.7% 8,466 (±6.1% / ±612.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
13.2% ±5.3% (165  ±75.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perquimans County: 20.4% † 1,992 (±3.1% / ±304.8)
  • 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

1.6% ±1.6% (27  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perquimans County: 2.3% 299
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.3% ±1.4% (43  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Perquimans County: 11.1% † 1,186 (±1.7% / ±181)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
43 Total veterans ±21 39 Male ±19 4 Female ±6

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