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Kinston, NC Urban Area

20,756 Population
17.9 square miles 1,158.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,140 ±$3,932 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,343 ±$4,127 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.3% ±3.9% (5,510  ±801) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±2.7 (145,955  ±21,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,395 ±438 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (20,065  ±430) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.3% ±5% (534  ±221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,175 ±418 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,900 ±$14,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±3% (2,668  ±619.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±5.2% (11,951  ±852.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±2.5% (2,328  ±369.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

3.9% ±1.4% (806  ±293) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±1.8% (1,495  ±298) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,495 Total veterans ±298 1,297 Male ±273 198 Female ±104

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