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Census Tract 9309, Columbus, NC

4,053 Population
14.1 square miles 286.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whiteville: 35.7 † ±6.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$21,633 ±$5,550 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whiteville: $25,529 † ±$5,416
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$25,789 ±$3,407 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whiteville: $31,167 † ±$10,113
  • about half the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

23.9% ±6.6% (938  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Whiteville: 20.7% † 923 (±7.2% / ±319)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.5 minutes ±7 (31,415  ±11,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whiteville: 24.8 † 43,855 (±6.1 / ±12,765)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,547 ±235 Number of households
  • Whiteville: 1,812 † ±236
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.5 (3,897  ±477) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Whiteville: 2.5 † 4,431 (±0.3 / ±46)
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.6% ±4.6% (50  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whiteville: 8.2% † 77 (±5.7% / ±56)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,796 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Whiteville: 2,060 † ±253
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$140,900 ±$40,399 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Whiteville: $187,500 † ±$35,105
  • a little less than the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.5% ±3.1% (301  ±128) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Whiteville: 11.1% † 511 (±3.5% / ±163.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88% ±9% (2,283  ±359.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whiteville: 89.1% † 2,797 (±10.6% / ±396.6)
  • about the same as 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)
15.2% ±5% (394  ±138.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Whiteville: 23.4% † 733 (±5.8% / ±190.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.4% ±3.1% (178  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Whiteville: 4.5% † 212 (±3.1% / ±143)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.6% ±3.9% (169  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Whiteville: 6.1% † 215 (±3.5% / ±122)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
169 Total veterans ±118 130 Male ±81 39 Female ±51

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