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Cerro Gordo, NC

319 Population
0.8 square miles 403.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±13.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$19,424 ±$8,017 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

25.1% ±24.8% (80  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

43.3 minutes ±15.2 (5,060  ±4,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

147 ±98 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±2 (319  ±196) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

164 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$189,900 ±$12,474 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

84.9% ±19.2% (186  ±112.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
5% ±14.5% (11  ±32.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • less than a fifth 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

8.2% ±15.2% (26  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.7% ±2.5% (7  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
7 Total veterans ±8 7 Male ±8 N/A Female ±14

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