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Plymouth, NC

3,250 Population
4 square miles 806.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±5.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 48.8 ±1.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,773 ±$3,610 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington County: $28,281 † ±$3,046
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,521 ±$7,287 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $41,813 † ±$7,001
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.9% ±13.9% (939  ±437) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 24.1% † 2,522 (±4.7% / ±495)
  • 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)

22.1 minutes ±4.3 (17,360  ±5,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington County: 32.4 † 105,740 (±6.2 / ±24,808)
  • about 90 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

1,314 ±163 Number of households
  • Washington County: 4,744 ±237
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,125  ±15) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington County: 2.3 10,658 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.1% ±15.4% (66  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington County: 8.5% † 176 (±6.9% / ±142)
  • 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

1,826 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 6,040 ±20
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,000 ±$16,788 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington County: $125,900 † ±$16,607
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±4.5% (208  ±144.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 9.6% † 1,027 (±3.8% / ±401.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±16.7% (1,959  ±407.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 86.1% 6,797 (±8% / ±652.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.1% ±4.1% (183  ±92.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 14.8% † 1,171 (±3% / ±239)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-quarter 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% ±0.3% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Washington County: 1.1% 122
  • 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

3.8% ±2.7% (96  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 8.8% † 761 (±2.5% / ±218)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±69 94 Male ±68 2 Female ±5

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