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Elizabeth City, NC

18,740 Population
11.7 square miles 1,600.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 39 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,253 ±$1,953 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: $32,707 ±$1,856
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$50,947 ±$3,883 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: $63,912 ±$5,566
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15% ±3.6% (2,581  ±621) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 10% † 3,827 (±2.1% / ±796)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.1 minutes ±2 (159,295  ±21,071) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 27.3 451,585 (±1.3 / ±31,804)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

7,367 ±304 Number of households
  • the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 15,394 ±361
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (17,297  ±86) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 2.5 38,571 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.9% ±2.8% (362  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 5.3% † 501 (±1.9% / ±178)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,680 ±310 Number of housing units
  • the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 17,565 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$202,100 ±$22,033 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: $223,300 ±$10,258
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

22.8% ±4.5% (4,194  ±837.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 15.4% † 6,227 (±2.5% / ±1,001.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88.6% ±6.8% (10,763  ±909.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 90% 25,198 (±4.6% / ±1,295.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
28% ±4.1% (3,406  ±511.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 26.9% 7,519 (±2.7% / ±750.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.5% ±1.6% (660  ±293) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 2.6% 1,046
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8% ±1.7% (1,142  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area: 11.5% † 3,613 (±1.4% / ±441)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,142 Total veterans ±240 891 Male ±185 251 Female ±141

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