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Pitt County, NC

173,542 Population
652.4 square miles 266 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,109 ±$2,065 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$57,049 ±$3,882 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.1% ±2.6% (33,897  ±4,302) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.3 minutes ±0.9 (1,550,275  ±78,177) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

74,938 ±1,827 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (168,296  ±222) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.2% ±2.6% (2,483  ±1,243) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

82,676 ±98 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$221,700 ±$9,663 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16% ±2.4% (27,399  ±4,171.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.4% ±5% (98,139  ±5,429.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
36.4% ±3.1% (38,688  ±3,313.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

6.5% (11,339  ±2,326) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.4% ±1.2% (8,660  ±1,658) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
8,660 Total veterans ±1,658 7,676 Male ±1,560 984 Female ±518

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