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Burgaw, NC

3,207 Population
4.7 square miles 676.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,898 ±$3,981 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $41,885 ±$1,130
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$63,355 ±$12,349 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $68,845 ±$1,911
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

21.1% ±10.8% (550  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 12.5% 35,247 (±0.8% / ±2,233)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

24.5 minutes ±1.3 (22,335  ±4,849) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 22.6 2,782,330 (±0.5 / ±86,808)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,078 ±127 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 123,233 ±981
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.4 ±0.3 (2,601  ±77) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 281,823 (±0 / ±152)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

18.6% ±18.7% (102  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 2,631 (±0.7% / ±456)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

1,234 ±184 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 144,908 ±121
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$194,100 ±$32,056 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $301,900 ±$7,317
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

28.4% ±9.2% (890  ±,290.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 16.1% 46,282 (±1% / ±2,971.2)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

82% ±10% (1,877  ±,277.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 92.8% 187,629 (±1.8% / ±3,699.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
20.8% ±5.9% (475  ±,141.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 40.2% 81,297 (±1.1% / ±2,288.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

3.6% ±3.9% (114  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 5% 14,375
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

5.5% ±2.2% (144  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.3% 19,320 (±0.5% / ±1,169)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
144 Total veterans ±57 129 Male ±52 15 Female ±19

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