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Township 1, Edenton, Chowan County, NC

6,951 Population
45.1 square miles 154.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chowan County: 48.6 ±2.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,201 ±$4,661 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chowan County: $35,476 ±$2,829
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,109 ±$3,703 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Chowan County: $53,864 † ±$6,862
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±5.4% (1,405  ±375) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chowan County: 19.1% † 2,598 (±3.5% / ±475)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.7 minutes ±5.3 (74,595  ±19,378) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chowan County: 27.8 † 151,215 (±3.5 / ±23,847)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,131 ±303 Number of households
  • Chowan County: 6,134 ±271
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (6,693  ±392) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chowan County: 2.2 13,577 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±10.2% (108  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chowan County: 5.2% † 133 (±5.3% / ±137)
  • 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

3,821 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Chowan County: 7,190 ±23
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$264,000 ±$38,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chowan County: $235,800 ±$18,450
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±7% (1,038  ±489.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chowan County: 10.2% † 1,412 (±4% / ±546.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±8.8% (4,778  ±599) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chowan County: 90.2% 9,411 (±6.8% / ±746.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.3% ±5.8% (1,407  ±328.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chowan County: 25% † 2,609 (±3.5% / ±376.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.5% ±0.6% (33  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chowan County: 2.3% 319
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±3.1% (532  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chowan County: 10.5% † 1,177 (±2.2% / ±248)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
532 Total veterans ±182 532 Male ±182 N/A Female ±19

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