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Wilmington, NC

122,695 Population
51.4 square miles 2,386.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.9 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$49,871 ±$3,739 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $44,843 ±$1,569
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$71,362 ±$5,205 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $76,904 ±$3,730
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

12.7% ±2.4% (15,082  ±2,909) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.4% † 52,307 (±1.3% / ±5,840)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

17.6 minutes ±0.7 (937,425  ±75,324) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.7 4,266,260 (±1.1 / ±251,489)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)

Families

59,730 ±2,045 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 206,546 ±4,378
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2 ±0.1 (118,701  ±257) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.2 460,313 (±0.1 / ±310)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524

2.7% ±1.7% (907  ±566) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,564 (±1.3% / ±1,267)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

67,396 ±2,033 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 258,993 ±137
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$389,100 ±$21,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $370,400 ±$8,512
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

22.2% ±3.3% (26,942  ±4,035) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.7% 67,869 (±1.4% / ±6,234.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

94.3% ±4.8% (79,598  ±4,680.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93% 321,211 (±2.6% / ±9,038.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
50.9% ±3.4% (42,994  ±3,102.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 40.7% 140,746 (±1.6% / ±5,534.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% ±1.4% (7,507  ±1,739) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 5.7% 26,779
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127

5.9% ±1.4% (6,093  ±1,445) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 7.7% 29,918 (±0.6% / ±2,428)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
6,093 Total veterans ±1,445 5,637 Male ±1,361 456 Female ±370

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