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Shallotte, NC

4,639 Population
10 square miles 462.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,148 ±$9,154 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $46,500 ±$937
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,367 ±$21,272 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $76,471 ±$1,635
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±6.4% (469  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 10.9% 48,455 (±0.6% / ±2,770)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±3.3 (49,180  ±9,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.5 4,150,430 (±0.5 / ±104,849)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,134 ±231 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 199,271 ±1,527
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,531  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.2 445,413 (±0 / ±124)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13% ±14.6% (149  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,802 (±0.6% / ±578)
  • 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

2,384 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 250,971 ±125
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$349,500 ±$22,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $362,400 ±$4,221
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±5.3% (383  ±244) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 13.8% 62,095 (±0.7% / ±3,342.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±9.5% (3,253  ±467.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.4% 311,687 (±1.3% / ±4,457.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±5.1% (805  ±195) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 39.4% 131,439 (±0.8% / ±2,703.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.5% ±3.1% (207  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 22,220
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±4.5% (375  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 32,076 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
375 Total veterans ±171 343 Male ±162 32 Female ±40

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