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La Grange, NC

2,756 Population
2.3 square miles 1,196.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,313 ±$6,263 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $29,431 ±$1,792
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,078 ±$7,945 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $45,143 ±$2,547
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32% ±15.3% (883  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 22% † 11,854 (±2.4% / ±1,280)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±8.6 (16,820  ±4,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 24.3 517,725 (±1.5 / ±37,030)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,075 ±173 Number of households
  • the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 23,351 ±486
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (2,745  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 2.3 53,691 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.7% ±15.8% (110  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 9.3% † 1,069 (±2.5% / ±292)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,165 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 26,879 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,800 ±$26,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $120,500 ±$7,092
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3% ±3.3% (80  ±88.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 9.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±832.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±17.8% (1,571  ±374.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 82.9% 31,659 (±3.4% / ±1,308.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.8% ±5.4% (205  ±98.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 16.4% 6,243 (±1.5% / ±558.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third 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

0.2% ±0.7% (4  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 4.4% 2,400
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±4.7% (134  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 8.3% † 3,539 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
134 Total veterans ±98 123 Male ±98 11 Female ±20

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