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Edenton, NC

4,512 Population
5.4 square miles 839.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chowan County: 48.7 ±2.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,316 ±$7,310 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chowan County: $32,479 ±$3,041
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$46,979 ±$17,513 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chowan County: $51,188 † ±$7,137
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

36.6% ±10.8% (1,571  ±463) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chowan County: 20.9% † 2,837 (±4.6% / ±621)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

31 minutes ±9.1 (54,170  ±19,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Chowan County: 30.9 † 166,650 (±4.5 / ±29,426)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

2,210 ±221 Number of households
  • Chowan County: 6,216 ±241
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
1.9 ±0.2 (4,250  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chowan County: 2.2 13,558 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

18.9% ±15.8% (150  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Chowan County: 7.4% † 186 (±4.8% / ±122)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

2,671 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Chowan County: 7,162 ±20
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$222,100 ±$21,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chowan County: $181,400 † ±$36,200
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

19.5% ±10.4% (878  ±,470.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chowan County: 13.6% † 1,880 (±4.7% / ±,654.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

85.2% ±11.7% (3,020  ±,468.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chowan County: 86.6% 9,185 (±6.4% / ±,706.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
23.7% ±6.4% (840  ±,233.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chowan County: 24.2% † 2,566 (±3.5% / ±,373.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.3% ±1.6% (57  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chowan County: 2.2% 308
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

7.2% ±3.7% (263  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chowan County: 9.7% † 1,073 (±1.8% / ±204)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
263 Total veterans ±135 238 Male ±132 25 Female ±33

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