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Laurinburg, NC

15,079 Population
12.5 square miles 1,201.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 38.3 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,270 ±$7,956 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: $27,678 † ±$3,738
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$39,258 ±$4,528 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: $43,500 ±$2,777
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

32% ±4.2% (4,552  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 26.6% 8,544 (±2.6% / ±822)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.4 minutes ±1.7 (101,100  ±11,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 23.8 287,830 (±1.1 / ±18,893)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

5,414 ±236 Number of households
  • the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 12,376 ±238
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.1 (14,239  ±53) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 2.6 32,210 (±0.1 / ±101)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.1% ±2.1% (204  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 5.6% † 388 (±1.4% / ±99)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,289 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 14,421 ±57
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$121,500 ±$7,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: $109,900 ±$5,510
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.3% ±3.3% (1,982  ±493.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 10.7% † 3,626 (±2% / ±666.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

83.3% ±4.8% (8,313  ±522.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 82.4% 19,211 (±3.2% / ±749.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
18.8% ±2.9% (1,877  ±287.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 14.8% † 3,455 (±1.6% / ±373)
  • about half 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

4.3% ±1.3% (649  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 2.9% 979
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.9% ±1% (564  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Laurinburg, NC Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,757 (±0.9% / ±234)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
564 Total veterans ±112 507 Male ±105 57 Female ±35

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