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Southern Pines, NC

16,420 Population
18.4 square miles 894.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 43 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,904 ±$4,578 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $45,505 ±$1,596
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,535 ±$12,182 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $86,080 ±$3,381
  • 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

9.6% ±3% (1,533  ±487) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 10.1% † 10,410 (±1% / ±1,065)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±2 (142,340  ±18,021) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 26.6 1,059,975 (±0.9 / ±46,939)
  • 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

7,411 ±351 Number of households
  • the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 44,013 ±659
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (16,001  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 2.4 103,740 (±0 / ±15)
  • 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

6.5% ±3.8% (245  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 5.9% † 1,242 (±1.3% / ±266)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,620 ±462 Number of housing units
  • the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 50,280 ±49
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$451,100 ±$28,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: $351,400 ±$9,177
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.2% ±4.2% (2,948  ±672) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 12.9% † 13,366 (±1.4% / ±1,498)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±6.2% (11,204  ±822.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 93.7% 71,022 (±2.5% / ±1,894)
  • 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)
53% ±4.5% (6,258  ±574.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 41% 31,066 (±1.5% / ±1,142.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

4.3% ±1.8% (705  ±301) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 5,317
  • 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

14.3% ±2.4% (1,706  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area: 13.2% 10,291 (±0.9% / ±676)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,706 Total veterans ±295 1,442 Male ±265 264 Female ±127

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