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Hertford, NC

1,618 Population
2.9 square miles 565.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±13.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Perquimans County: 50.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,290 ±$6,021 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perquimans County: $35,655 ±$2,194
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$40,250 ±$8,830 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Perquimans County: $67,917 † ±$7,998
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24.7% ±9.8% (400  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Perquimans County: 9.8% † 1,300 (±2.6% / ±338)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

37.1 minutes ±6 (26,955  ±9,677) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Perquimans County: 32 161,605 (±2.2 / ±16,588)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

786 ±158 Number of households
  • Perquimans County: 5,614 ±213
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.2 (1,553  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Perquimans County: 2.3 13,146 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.9% ±7.3% (15  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Perquimans County: 3.7% † 91 (±2.6% / ±65)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,058 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Perquimans County: 6,967 ±24
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$176,500 ±$42,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Perquimans County: $231,700 ±$18,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

16% ±6.7% (255  ±120.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Perquimans County: 12.7% † 1,669 (±3.1% / ±406.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

77.8% ±22.8% (989  ±204.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perquimans County: 88.2% 8,777 (±6.1% / ±620.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
12.2% ±5% (155  ±71.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Perquimans County: 21.7% † 2,158 (±3% / ±302.9)
  • about one-third 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

2.1% ±1.8% (34  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Perquimans County: 2.2% 285
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.7% ±4.2% (76  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Perquimans County: 12.1% † 1,301 (±1.9% / ±205)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
76 Total veterans ±58 57 Male ±34 19 Female ±27

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