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28403

40,292 Population
14 square miles 2,872 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.1 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,134 ±$2,269 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $44,459 ±$925
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$50,988 ±$5,154 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $73,687 ±$1,069
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

23.7% ±3.3% (8,718  ±1,272) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.1% 48,102 (±0.6% / ±2,527)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

17.6 minutes ±1.3 (333,425  ±37,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.6 4,056,165 (±0.4 / ±91,825)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

18,610 ±886 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 190,964 ±1,258
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0 (36,577  ±1,842) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 432,219 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.4% ±1.2% (334  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half 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

20,424 ±833 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 242,220 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$337,600 ±$20,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $328,000 ±$5,263
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

28.1% ±3.2% (11,217  ±1,385.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.6% 63,646 (±0.7% / ±3,248.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.8% ±2% (22,204  ±1,355.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.1% 300,670 (±1.3% / ±4,311.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
47.6% ±3% (11,272  ±955) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 38.5% 124,423 (±0.8% / ±2,683.1)
  • about 1.4 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

4.9% ±1% (1,982  ±425) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 21,656
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.9% ±0.9% (1,721  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,734 (±0.4% / ±1,422)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,721 Total veterans ±323 1,492 Male ±349 229 Female ±130

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