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Plymouth, NC

3,264 Population
4 square miles 810.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 49.3 ±1.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,550 ±$3,879 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington County: $28,150 † ±$4,444
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$30,462 ±$10,341 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington County: $41,750 † ±$7,274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

34.5% ±12.5% (1,089  ±395) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 24.7% † 2,631 (±4.6% / ±486)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.2 minutes ±4.1 (19,105  ±5,516) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington County: 27.9 104,945 (±2.4 / ±13,784)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,492 ±179 Number of households
  • Washington County: 4,832 ±263
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.3 (3,133  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 2.2 10,752 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

20.4% ±21.8% (93  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Washington County: 5.4% † 114 (±5% / ±106)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,968 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 6,045 ±29
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$83,900 ±$12,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $107,000 † ±$10,837
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9% ±5.2% (287  ±167) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 11.1% † 1,197 (±4.2% / ±453.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.4% ±14.7% (2,000  ±384.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 85.6% 6,802 (±7.2% / ±600.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
5.9% ±3.3% (138  ±78.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 12.2% † 968 (±2.5% / ±197.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

0.3% ±0.6% (11  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 0.7% 80
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.9% ±3.7% (157  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 8.9% † 789 (±2.5% / ±218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
157 Total veterans ±99 152 Male ±97 5 Female ±9

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