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28540

50,808 Population
110.3 square miles 460.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,699 ±$1,689 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $30,998 ±$862
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$61,462 ±$4,011 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $64,568 ±$1,873
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15.3% ±2.8% (7,327  ±1,374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 21,794 (±1.1% / ±2,120)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.2 minutes ±1.7 (515,215  ±54,109) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.6 2,073,995 (±0.6 / ±68,957)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

18,869 ±951 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 72,516 ±972
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0 (48,221  ±2,526) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.6 186,381 (±0 / ±238)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

11.7% ±3.9% (1,389  ±475) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 9.1% † 4,281 (±1.4% / ±669)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

21,466 ±925 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 85,917 ±177
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$201,700 ±$10,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $219,500 ±$4,806
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.4% ±2.8% (10,078  ±1,469.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.8% 46,522 (±1.6% / ±3,335.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.9% ±2.3% (26,298  ±1,472.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.2% 105,408 (±2.7% / ±3,020.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.1% ±2.1% (6,595  ±688.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26.1% 29,462 (±1.4% / ±1,584)
  • about two-thirds of 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

3.8% ±0.9% (1,909  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4% 8,276
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

21.7% ±2.2% (6,936  ±799) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.8% 25,681 (±1.2% / ±1,420)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
6,936 Total veterans ±799 5,564 Male ±669 1,372 Female ±305

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