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Wilmington township, New Hanover County, NC

120,805 Population
51.4 square miles 2,351.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hanover County: 39.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,405 ±$2,140 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Hanover County: $48,592 ±$1,336
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,738 ±$2,914 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hanover County: $75,166 ±$2,054
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±1.4% (18,672  ±1,668) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hanover County: 12.3% 28,247 (±1% / ±2,213)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±0.7 (963,150  ±51,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hanover County: 20.6 2,017,350 (±0.6 / ±75,890)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,612 ±1,109 Number of households
  • New Hanover County: 104,856 ±1,084
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (116,206  ±121) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Hanover County: 2.2 229,414 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 80 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

3.1% ±0.9% (1,025  ±301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 3.9% † 2,299 (±0.8% / ±443)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

62,836 ±918 Number of housing units
  • New Hanover County: 120,050 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$383,800 ±$11,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in New Hanover County: $387,800 ±$7,095
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.9% ±1.9% (24,998  ±2,283.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hanover County: 16.2% 37,694 (±1.2% / ±2,697.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±2.6% (76,796  ±2,329.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 94% 154,469 (±2% / ±3,338.3)
  • 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)
46.8% ±1.7% (38,213  ±1,516.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hanover County: 45.4% 74,556 (±1.3% / ±2,072.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.7% ±0.7% (6,927  ±853) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in New Hanover County: 5.9% 13,967
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±0.6% (5,451  ±624) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 6.9% 13,192 (±0.5% / ±893)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,451 Total veterans ±624 4,871 Male ±601 580 Female ±238

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