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Pitt County, NC

175,119 Population
652.4 square miles 268.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,928 ±$1,975 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,946 ±$4,330 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.2% ±3% (34,065  ±5,046) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.7 minutes ±1 (1,557,410  ±81,884) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

74,443 ±1,967 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (169,693  ±333) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.9% ±1.6% (1,941  ±801) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

83,544 ±157 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$224,100 ±$13,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.6% ±2.8% (32,224  ±4,819.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.8% ±5.1% (99,547  ±5,579.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
34.9% ±3.1% (37,835  ±3,313.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6% (10,517  ±1,752) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.4% ±1% (7,355  ±1,337) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,355 Total veterans ±1,337 6,629 Male ±1,250 726 Female ±468

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