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Piney Green, NC

14,205 Population
13.6 square miles 1,042.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,396 ±$2,961 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $30,998 ±$862
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$65,179 ±$11,211 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $64,568 ±$1,873
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.1% ±3.7% (1,709  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 21,794 (±1.1% / ±2,120)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.8 minutes ±5.3 (132,225  ±20,420) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.6 2,073,995 (±0.6 / ±68,957)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

5,097 ±483 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 72,516 ±972
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.1 (14,174  ±1,446) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.6 186,381 (±0 / ±238)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.8% ±3% (255  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 9.1% † 4,281 (±1.4% / ±669)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,949 ±420 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 85,917 ±177
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$220,000 ±$12,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $219,500 ±$4,806
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

18.9% ±6% (2,634  ±878) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.8% 46,522 (±1.6% / ±3,335.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.4% ±14.3% (7,860  ±814.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.2% 105,408 (±2.7% / ±3,020.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
24.2% ±4.5% (2,039  ±443.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26.1% 29,462 (±1.4% / ±1,584)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.2% ±1.8% (595  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4% 8,276
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

25.6% ±3.1% (2,337  ±367) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.8% 25,681 (±1.2% / ±1,420)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,337 Total veterans ±367 2,032 Male ±339 305 Female ±142

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