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Oak Island, NC Urban Area

17,306 Population
15.4 square miles 1,124 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,635 ±$4,335 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,052 ±$8,860 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±1.9% (1,171  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±1.2 (110,980  ±16,559) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,277 ±509 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (17,162  ±1,090) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±5.2% (112  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,895 ±603 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$424,500 ±$34,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±3.8% (2,411  ±674.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±0.6% (14,199  ±974.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.2% ±1.8% (5,910  ±490.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

1.5% ±0.6% (264  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±1.6% (1,864  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,864 Total veterans ±276 1,683 Male ±257 181 Female ±132

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