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Waccamaw township, Brunswick County, NC

2,553 Population
147.3 square miles 17.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Brunswick County: 56.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,133 ±$4,872 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Brunswick County: $45,985 ±$1,505
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,043 ±$8,352 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Brunswick County: $77,024 ±$2,734
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±5.3% (186  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brunswick County: 9.2% † 13,955 (±1% / ±1,479)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±2.5 (24,875  ±8,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Brunswick County: 25.7 1,340,200 (±0.8 / ±56,900)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,101 ±259 Number of households
  • Brunswick County: 69,124 ±1,093
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (2,553  ±670) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Brunswick County: 2.2 151,659 (±0 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±10.1% (53  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Brunswick County: 6.8% † 1,664 (±1.3% / ±309)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,377 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Brunswick County: 99,077 ±98
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,100 ±$20,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Brunswick County: $349,800 ±$6,851
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.4% ±3.3% (85  ±85.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Brunswick County: 10.9% 16,506 (±1% / ±1,524.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±30.3% (1,778  ±381.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brunswick County: 93.5% 115,102 (±2.1% / ±2,558)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.9% ±5.4% (286  ±125.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Brunswick County: 34.7% 42,693 (±1.2% / ±1,464.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.8% ±2.2% (122  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brunswick County: 3.6% 5,482
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±4.3% (168  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Brunswick County: 10.8% 14,158 (±0.7% / ±850)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
168 Total veterans ±100 139 Male ±82 29 Female ±38

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