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Surf City, NC

4,160 Population
7.7 square miles 541.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$47,445 ±$6,110 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $44,459 ±$925
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$84,833 ±$21,100 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $73,687 ±$1,069
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.9% ±2.2% (202  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.1% 48,102 (±0.6% / ±2,527)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.3 minutes ±1.9 (34,245  ±6,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

1,652 ±169 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 190,964 ±1,258
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (4,160  ±146) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 432,219 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.8% ±2.7% (23  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,298 (±0.5% / ±505)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,447 ±279 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 242,220 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$478,600 ±$44,389 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $328,000 ±$5,263
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

23.4% ±8.4% (971  ±351.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.6% 63,646 (±0.7% / ±3,248.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

97.6% ±10.9% (2,842  ±358.8) 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)
50.8% ±7.8% (1,479  ±241.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 38.5% 124,423 (±0.8% / ±2,683.1)
  • 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

3.4% ±1.6% (142  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 21,656
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.8% ±3.5% (301  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 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)
301 Total veterans ±109 290 Male ±108 11 Female ±12

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