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Wilmington township, New Hanover County, NC

118,578 Population
51.4 square miles 2,306.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New Hanover County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$46,062 ±$1,915 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Hanover County: $46,083 ±$1,215
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$63,900 ±$2,342 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hanover County: $72,892 ±$1,510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.3% ±1.3% (18,638  ±1,472) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hanover County: 12.4% 27,891 (±0.9% / ±2,090)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.5 minutes ±0.7 (929,630  ±46,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hanover County: 20.5 1,971,905 (±0.4 / ±58,948)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

55,145 ±1,063 Number of households
  • New Hanover County: 102,376 ±1,001
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0 (113,829  ±108) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Hanover County: 2.2 224,956 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.8% ±0.8% (903  ±265) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 3.6% † 2,061 (±0.7% / ±390)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

61,188 ±861 Number of housing units
  • New Hanover County: 117,236 ±94
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$350,300 ±$10,273 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in New Hanover County: $353,700 ±$6,528
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.9% ±1.9% (24,589  ±2,210.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Hanover County: 16.7% 38,271 (±1.2% / ±2,686.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.5% ±2.6% (74,751  ±2,336.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 93.6% 150,757 (±2.1% / ±3,310.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
45.8% ±1.8% (36,642  ±1,544.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 44.8% 72,131 (±1.4% / ±2,192.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

5.7% ±0.8% (6,777  ±951) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in New Hanover County: 6.1% 14,078
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.8% ±0.6% (5,740  ±594) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 6.9% 13,033 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
5,740 Total veterans ±594 5,024 Male ±526 716 Female ±273

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