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Census Tract 118, New Hanover, NC

2,776 Population
8.1 square miles 344.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.6 ±5.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wrightsville Beach: 58 ±5.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Hanover County: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$103,755 ±$17,799 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wrightsville Beach: $101,948 † ±$18,003
  • more than double the amount in New Hanover County: $48,592 ±$1,336
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$172,500 ±$85,697 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wrightsville Beach: $151,563 † ±$78,972
  • more than double the amount in New Hanover County: $75,166 ±$2,054
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

3.8% ±3% (105  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Wrightsville Beach: 4% † 105 (±3.1% / ±83)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Hanover County: 12.3% 28,247 (±1% / ±2,213)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

17.7 minutes ±7.5 (16,945  ±4,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wrightsville Beach: 17.7 † 16,945 (±7.5 / ±4,308)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hanover County: 20.6 2,017,350 (±0.6 / ±75,890)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,360 ±219 Number of households
  • Wrightsville Beach: 1,306 † ±223
  • New Hanover County: 104,856 ±1,084
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.4 (2,748  ±383) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wrightsville Beach: 2 † 2,637 (±0.5 / ±412)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hanover County: 2.2 229,414 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,940 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Wrightsville Beach: 2,886 ±258
  • New Hanover County: 120,050 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$1,131,800 ±$162,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wrightsville Beach: $1,168,700 † ±$163,753
  • more than double the amount in New Hanover County: $387,800 ±$7,095
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.1% ±5.2% (198  ±147.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wrightsville Beach: 7.4% † 198 (±5.4% / ±147.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Hanover County: 16.2% 37,694 (±1.2% / ±2,697.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

100% ±5.2% (2,333  ±329.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wrightsville Beach: 100% 2,222 (±3% / ±327.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hanover County: 94% 154,469 (±2% / ±3,338.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
73.8% ±4.8% (1,721  ±251.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wrightsville Beach: 72.5% 1,610 (±4.1% / ±250)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hanover County: 45.4% 74,556 (±1.3% / ±2,072.1)
  • more than double 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

5.5% ±2.5% (152  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Wrightsville Beach: 5.7% † 152 (±2.6% / ±72)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hanover County: 5.9% 13,967
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.7% ±3.2% (162  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Wrightsville Beach: 7.1% † 162 (±3.3% / ±79)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hanover County: 6.9% 13,192 (±0.5% / ±893)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
162 Total veterans ±79 145 Male ±77 17 Female ±19

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