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Calabash, NC

2,377 Population
4.5 square miles 524.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,052 ±$5,819 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $46,500 ±$937
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$65,310 ±$8,980 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $76,471 ±$1,635
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.6% ±12.6% (418  ±299) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 10.9% 48,455 (±0.6% / ±2,770)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.4 minutes ±7.1 (17,330  ±4,559) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.5 4,150,430 (±0.5 / ±104,849)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,142 ±122 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 199,271 ±1,527
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.2 (2,377  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.2 445,413 (±0 / ±124)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

9.7% ±14% (39  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,802 (±0.6% / ±578)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,768 ±207 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 250,971 ±125
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$253,200 ±$52,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $362,400 ±$4,221
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.2% ±4% (216  ±95) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 13.8% 62,095 (±0.7% / ±3,342.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.1% ±9.2% (1,621  ±234.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.4% 311,687 (±1.3% / ±4,457.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
22.1% ±5.2% (420  ±106.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 39.4% 131,439 (±0.8% / ±2,703.1)
  • about three-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

3.5% ±2.6% (82  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 22,220
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.8% ±3.4% (186  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 32,076 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
186 Total veterans ±74 169 Male ±73 17 Female ±18

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