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Goldsboro township, Wayne County, NC

20,770 Population
18 square miles 1,151.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 37.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,319 ±$2,480 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $31,983 ±$924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,203 ±$4,133 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wayne County: $59,733 ±$2,739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.7% ±3.8% (6,428  ±831) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Wayne County: 17.3% 20,075 (±1.4% / ±1,572)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±2 (154,305  ±21,325) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 22.9 1,158,395 (±0.9 / ±53,779)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,266 ±508 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 47,507 ±632
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (20,069  ±1,040) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 115,782 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±3.1% (308  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6.3% † 1,651 (±1.2% / ±322)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,722 ±507 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 53,505 ±73
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,600 ±$27,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $178,700 ±$9,173
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±3.1% (3,108  ±654.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 13.9% 16,260 (±1.3% / ±1,485.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±3.5% (11,777  ±853.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 86.4% 68,329 (±2.4% / ±1,920.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±2.2% (2,353  ±338.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 21.7% 17,204 (±1.3% / ±998.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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% ±1.5% (774  ±323) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 7.9% 9,407
  • 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

8.7% ±1.6% (1,326  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 11.5% 9,996 (±0.9% / ±819)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,326 Total veterans ±253 1,181 Male ±222 145 Female ±85

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