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Bladenboro, NC

2,181 Population
2.2 square miles 984.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±13.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Bladen County: 44.8 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,768 ±$4,750 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bladen County: $28,970 ±$2,384
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,517 ±$18,107 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bladen County: $44,528 † ±$4,772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.2% ±10.6% (483  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Bladen County: 21.2% † 6,207 (±2.8% / ±818)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

18.8 minutes ±10.5 (11,335  ±4,374) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Bladen County: 28.9 296,705 (±2.2 / ±30,689)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

708 ±160 Number of households
  • Bladen County: 11,635 ±406
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3.1 ±0.7 (2,181  ±674) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bladen County: 2.5 29,137 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.7% ±4.5% (19  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bladen County: 5.2% † 311 (±2.9% / ±174)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

844 ±177 Number of housing units
  • Bladen County: 15,272 ±27
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$89,800 ±$17,765 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bladen County: $125,800 ±$10,084
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.7% ±7.2% (251  ±173.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bladen County: 8.9% † 2,596 (±1.9% / ±543.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.7% ±30.3% (972  ±238.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bladen County: 88.6% 18,680 (±4.5% / ±958)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
11.9% ±7.6% (140  ±97.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bladen County: 20.6% † 4,339 (±2.6% / ±552.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

5% ±6.5% (110  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Bladen County: 2.8% 817
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4% ±3% (55  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bladen County: 9.3% † 2,177 (±1.4% / ±320)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
55 Total veterans ±45 55 Male ±45 N/A Female ±14

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