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Scotland Neck, NC

2,087 Population
1.2 square miles 1,756.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±14.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 45.9 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,193 ±$5,473 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $28,248 ±$1,215
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$18,202 ±$6,842 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $45,823 ±$2,730
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

47.7% ±15.4% (973  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 23.8% 15,137 (±2.4% / ±1,495)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

38.1 minutes ±11 (21,275  ±10,627) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 25.5 571,470 (±0.9 / ±29,827)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,066 ±249 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 27,866 ±567
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.1 (2,040  ±479) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.3 63,613 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.2% ±4% (15  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.4% † 806 (±1.4% / ±172)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,328 ±261 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,469 ±51
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$76,100 ±$12,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $102,400 ±$6,013
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.3% ±2.1% (68  ±46.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,513 (±1.4% / ±893.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

73.6% ±23.7% (1,207  ±271.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 81.9% 38,909 (±2.7% / ±1,271.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.2% ±6.5% (233  ±120) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 16.4% 7,810 (±1.4% / ±643.1)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.4% ±1.2% (30  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.2% 1,460
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.8% ±1.8% (66  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.3% 3,273 (±0.6% / ±321)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
66 Total veterans ±35 55 Male ±29 11 Female ±23

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