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Southern Pines, NC

16,052 Population
17.7 square miles 908.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,502 ±$5,010 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $44,318 ±$1,790
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$83,681 ±$6,864 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $82,837 ±$3,212
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

10% ±2.9% (1,566  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 10% † 10,077 (±1.1% / ±1,120)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24 minutes ±1.8 (145,350  ±16,586) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 26.8 1,060,260 (±0.9 / ±49,143)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

7,367 ±332 Number of households
  • the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 42,814 ±661
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.1 (15,587  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 2.4 101,648 (±0 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.2% ±4.3% (256  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 5.4% † 1,123 (±1.4% / ±289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,711 ±470 Number of housing units
  • the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 49,419 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$416,300 ±$28,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $315,300 ±$11,354
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.3% ±4.9% (3,213  ±779.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 14.1% † 14,380 (±1.5% / ±1,520.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.3% ±6.7% (10,989  ±884.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 92.7% 68,631 (±2.7% / ±2,047.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
54.7% ±5.1% (6,443  ±638.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 40.9% 30,279 (±1.7% / ±1,256.5)
  • about 1.5 times 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

4.8% ±1.6% (775  ±255) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 5% 5,175
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.9% ±2.5% (1,518  ±299) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 9,424 (±1% / ±783)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,518 Total veterans ±299 1,334 Male ±263 184 Female ±107

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