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28405

35,159 Population
23.5 square miles 1,493.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±2 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

$46,214 ±$3,495 Per capita income
  • a little 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
$67,809 ±$8,126 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $73,687 ±$1,069
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.3% ±3.4% (4,637  ±1,199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 11.1% 48,102 (±0.6% / ±2,527)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.5 minutes ±3.2 (284,420  ±29,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.6 4,056,165 (±0.4 / ±91,825)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

15,567 ±842 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 190,964 ±1,258
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (34,888  ±1,826) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 432,219 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.1% ±1.2% (249  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 4,298 (±0.5% / ±505)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

17,073 ±866 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 242,220 ±110
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$337,000 ±$19,796 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

15.3% ±2.4% (5,313  ±871.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.6% 63,646 (±0.7% / ±3,248.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.3% ±3% (21,717  ±1,314.8) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
40.8% ±2.8% (9,696  ±836.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 38.5% 124,423 (±0.8% / ±2,683.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

8.3% ±2% (2,899  ±709) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 21,656
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.1% ±1.5% (2,515  ±433) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,734 (±0.4% / ±1,422)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,515 Total veterans ±433 2,006 Male ±385 509 Female ±220

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