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Census Tract 9303, Columbus, NC

2,454 Population
50.4 square miles 48.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Waccamaw: 46.1 † ±6.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,871 ±$9,295 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake Waccamaw: $46,810 † ±$12,383
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$70,813 ±$8,038 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lake Waccamaw: $72,500 † ±$10,426
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9.6% ±2.6% (215  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 9.3% † 145 (±3.1% / ±53)
  • about half the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.7 minutes ±8.2 (26,920  ±5,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Waccamaw: 29.9 18,775 (±1.2 / ±4,643)
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

895 ±100 Number of households
  • Lake Waccamaw: 624 † ±92
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.1 (2,221  ±276) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake Waccamaw: 2.5 † 1,537 (±0.5 / ±223)
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.2% ±1.6% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 1.4% † 5 (±1.9% / ±7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,320 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Lake Waccamaw: 951 † ±103
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$240,800 ±$40,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake Waccamaw: $305,900 † ±$31,750
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

17.3% ±6.8% (424  ±173.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 22.2% † 393 (±9.5% / ±175.7)
  • more than double the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.4% ±4.1% (1,548  ±173.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 92.5% 1,137 (±5.5% / ±157.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
27.3% ±2.9% (467  ±69.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 32.3% † 397 (±4.1% / ±71.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

2.1% ±2.3% (51  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 1.9% † 33 (±1.9% / ±34)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

11.6% ±3.8% (224  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Waccamaw: 13.6% † 188 (±5.2% / ±75)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
224 Total veterans ±77 217 Male ±76 7 Female ±9

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