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Census Tract 4.02, Wayne, NC

3,761 Population
15.2 square miles 247.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elroy: 45 † ±8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 37.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,714 ±$3,948 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elroy: $31,013 † ±$5,270
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $31,983 ±$924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$60,425 ±$13,895 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Elroy: $63,238 † ±$11,247
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $59,733 ±$2,739
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.6% ±8.4% (660  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Elroy: 14% † 455 (±7.5% / ±256)
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 17.3% 20,075 (±1.4% / ±1,572)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.1 minutes ±1.4 (31,015  ±7,033) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Elroy: 22.8 27,395 (±2.1 / ±7,527)
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 22.9 1,158,395 (±0.9 / ±53,779)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,443 ±169 Number of households
  • Elroy: 1,328 † ±200
  • Wayne County: 47,507 ±632
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (3,761  ±544) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elroy: 2.5 3,251 (±0.2 / ±571)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 115,782 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

2.4% ±2.3% (18  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elroy: 2.8% † 18 (±2.7% / ±18)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 6.3% † 1,651 (±1.2% / ±322)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,640 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Elroy: 1,442 † ±199
  • Wayne County: 53,505 ±73
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$141,300 ±$35,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Elroy: $133,100 † ±$32,237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $178,700 ±$9,173
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.6% ±2.9% (172  ±110.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elroy: 3.4% † 110 (±2.3% / ±76)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wayne County: 13.9% 16,260 (±1.3% / ±1,485.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

82.3% ±8.8% (2,221  ±354.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elroy: 84.1% † 2,008 (±18.8% / ±313.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 86.4% 68,329 (±2.4% / ±1,920.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
16.7% ±4.3% (451  ±128.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Elroy: 15.8% † 376 (±4.3% / ±119.4)
  • about three-quarters 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)

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

15.8% ±5.1% (595  ±210) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Elroy: 12.6% † 411 (±6% / ±207)
  • about double the rate in Wayne County: 7.9% 9,407
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

13.4% ±3.4% (391  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elroy: 15% † 395 (±4.2% / ±128)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 11.5% 9,996 (±0.9% / ±819)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
391 Total veterans ±108 311 Male ±96 80 Female ±49

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