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Richlands township, Onslow County, NC

28,930 Population
141.8 square miles 204 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Onslow County: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,851 ±$2,177 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Onslow County: $30,998 ±$862
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,088 ±$4,304 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Onslow County: $64,568 ±$1,873
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

10.9% ±2.8% (3,125  ±859) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 11.7% 21,794 (±1.1% / ±2,120)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.8 minutes ±5.7 (358,375  ±43,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Onslow County: 21.6 2,073,995 (±0.6 / ±68,957)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

9,610 ±737 Number of households
  • Onslow County: 72,516 ±972
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3 ±0.1 (28,908  ±2,479) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 2.6 186,381 (±0 / ±238)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

8.8% ±5.6% (644  ±417) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Onslow County: 9.1% † 4,281 (±1.4% / ±669)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

10,865 ±741 Number of housing units
  • Onslow County: 85,917 ±177
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$219,100 ±$7,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Onslow County: $219,500 ±$4,806
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.6% ±4.2% (4,733  ±1,260.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Onslow County: 22.8% 46,522 (±1.6% / ±3,335.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94% ±1.7% (15,740  ±1,343.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 93.2% 105,408 (±2.7% / ±3,020.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.4% ±4.8% (3,749  ±862.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 26.1% 29,462 (±1.4% / ±1,584)
  • about two-thirds of 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

2.6% ±1.1% (764  ±325) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Onslow County: 4% 8,276
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

25.1% ±3.8% (4,183  ±722) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Onslow County: 21.8% 25,681 (±1.2% / ±1,420)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
4,183 Total veterans ±722 3,204 Male ±481 979 Female ±371

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