Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Porters Neck, NC

7,102 Population
5.4 square miles 1,312.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

52 ±7.6 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

$67,559 ±$9,569 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $44,459 ±$925
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$115,417 ±$15,914 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $73,687 ±$1,069
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.3% ±1.6% (155  ±114) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.1% 48,102 (±0.6% / ±2,527)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.5 minutes ±8.7 (41,890  ±9,509) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.6 4,056,165 (±0.4 / ±91,825)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,244 ±364 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 190,964 ±1,258
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.1 (6,856  ±842) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 432,219 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,415 ±407 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 242,220 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$525,100 ±$44,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $328,000 ±$5,263
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.1% ±4.9% (862  ±365.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.6% 63,646 (±0.7% / ±3,248.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

97.4% ±3.9% (5,560  ±618.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.1% 300,670 (±1.3% / ±4,311.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
67.5% ±5.5% (3,852  ±510.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 38.5% 124,423 (±0.8% / ±2,683.1)
  • nearly double 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

10.6% ±5.7% (752  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 21,656
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.1% ±2.4% (615  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,734 (±0.4% / ±1,422)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
615 Total veterans ±160 557 Male ±159 58 Female ±71

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.