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Edenton, NC

4,480 Population
5.4 square miles 833.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chowan County: 47.9 ±2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,453 ±$7,186 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chowan County: $33,974 ±$3,244
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$42,721 ±$13,689 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chowan County: $56,982 † ±$9,074
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

35.7% ±11.8% (1,524  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chowan County: 20.5% † 2,790 (±5.2% / ±707)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.2 minutes ±13 (51,495  ±24,267) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chowan County: 29.4 † 161,520 (±4.9 / ±31,794)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,960 ±219 Number of households
  • Chowan County: 5,989 ±253
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (4,228  ±13) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chowan County: 2.3 13,552 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

20.5% ±15.3% (148  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Chowan County: 6.1% † 148 (±4.7% / ±115)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,620 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Chowan County: 7,169 ±20
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$226,800 ±$16,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chowan County: $204,400 † ±$21,178
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

19.3% ±9.2% (865  ±412.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chowan County: 11.8% † 1,631 (±3.8% / ±530.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.1% ±11% (2,974  ±436.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chowan County: 87.4% 9,172 (±6.2% / ±681.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
23.6% ±6.5% (825  ±234.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chowan County: 24.5% † 2,574 (±3.4% / ±357.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.9% ±1.3% (39  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Chowan County: 1.9% 255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.8% ±3.9% (285  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chowan County: 9.6% † 1,070 (±2% / ±219)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
285 Total veterans ±143 271 Male ±139 14 Female ±29

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