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Brunswick County, NC

142,820 Population
849.2 square miles 168.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,665 ±$2,554 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $32,021 ±$259
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$63,668 ±$3,211 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $57,341 ±$611
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

9.4% ±2.3% (13,326  ±3,248) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.6% 1,386,122 (±0.3% / ±34,891)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.2 minutes ±0.8 (1,120,625  ±44,578) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 107,805,790 (±0.1 / ±523,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

58,385 ±2,550 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,046,348 ±15,467
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0.1 (142,007  ±657) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,207,193 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.3% ±2.7% (1,262  ±640) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 129,358 (±0.3% / ±7,231)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

95,083 ±269 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,748,148 ±509
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$241,000 ±$13,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $193,200 ±$1,582
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

14.1% ±2.8% (19,865  ±3,943.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 14.8% 1,537,525 (±0.4% / ±35,831.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

93.3% ±4.1% (107,131  ±4,847.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.6% 6,368,153 (±0.6% / ±41,056.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
33% ±2.4% (37,831  ±2,732.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 32.3% 2,321,185 (±0.3% / ±23,254.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

3.6% ±1% (5,139  ±1,436) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 884,631 (±0.2% / ±20,561)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

11.7% ±1.2% (14,187  ±1,452) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 641,993 (±0.2% / ±12,304)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
14,187 Total veterans ±1,452 13,319 Male ±1,362 868 Female ±438

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