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Topsail township, Pender County, NC

34,407 Population
157.8 square miles 218 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pender County: 41.6 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,926 ±$2,484 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pender County: $40,192 ±$1,947
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,849 ±$9,709 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pender County: $80,396 ±$3,889
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2.1% (2,480  ±724) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pender County: 9.7% † 6,253 (±1.5% / ±979)
  • 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)

29.4 minutes ±1.9 (378,470  ±36,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pender County: 30.1 792,880 (±1.2 / ±41,864)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,043 ±568 Number of households
  • Pender County: 25,291 ±522
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (34,238  ±1,144) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pender County: 2.5 64,340 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2% (367  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pender County: 5.9% † 839 (±1.7% / ±238)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,763 ±550 Number of housing units
  • Pender County: 31,844 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$407,800 ±$20,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pender County: $299,000 ±$15,528
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±2.4% (4,352  ±811.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pender County: 12.2% † 7,895 (±1.7% / ±1,095.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±3.9% (22,936  ±1,247.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pender County: 90.8% 42,116 (±3.5% / ±1,611.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.9% ±3.1% (10,276  ±833) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pender County: 30.6% 14,190 (±2.1% / ±981.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.7% ±1.3% (1,257  ±432) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pender County: 4.2% 2,771
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.8% ±1.4% (2,744  ±380) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pender County: 9.4% 4,726 (±0.9% / ±433)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,744 Total veterans ±380 2,460 Male ±332 284 Female ±133

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