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Northwest, NC

690 Population
7.2 square miles 96.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,131 ±$5,979 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $44,459 ±$925
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$53,143 ±$18,936 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $73,687 ±$1,069
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

17.1% ±13.1% (118  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.1% 48,102 (±0.6% / ±2,527)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.7 minutes ±13.6 (6,720  ±2,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.6 4,056,165 (±0.4 / ±91,825)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

340 ±108 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 190,964 ±1,258
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.1 (690  ±220) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 432,219 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.2% ±6.3% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,298 (±0.5% / ±505)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

376 ±114 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 242,220 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$183,700 ±$36,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $328,000 ±$5,263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.1% ±4.4% (21  ±30.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.6% 63,646 (±0.7% / ±3,248.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93% ±36.4% (480  ±114.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.1% 300,670 (±1.3% / ±4,311.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.8% ±9.7% (92  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 38.5% 124,423 (±0.8% / ±2,683.1)
  • 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

1% ±1.6% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 21,656
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.6% ±4.8% (33  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,734 (±0.4% / ±1,422)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
33 Total veterans ±30 20 Male ±18 13 Female ±22

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