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Southport, NC

4,015 Population
4 square miles 1,002.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,236 ±$6,464 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $41,885 ±$1,130
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$78,287 ±$10,749 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $68,845 ±$1,911
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

5.3% ±3% (205  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 12.5% 35,247 (±0.8% / ±2,233)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

19.5 minutes ±1.1 (23,605  ±4,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 22.6 2,782,330 (±0.5 / ±86,808)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,749 ±173 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 123,233 ±981
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.2 ±0.2 (3,834  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.3 281,823 (±0 / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

8.5% ±7.3% (41  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 2,631 (±0.7% / ±456)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

2,267 ±203 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 144,908 ±121
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$343,600 ±$55,622 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $301,900 ±$7,317
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

25.9% ±12.7% (1,030  ±,505.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 16.1% 46,282 (±1% / ±2,971.2)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

93.4% ±10.3% (3,176  ±,397.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 92.8% 187,629 (±1.8% / ±3,699.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
33.4% ±5.7% (1,135  ±,206.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 40.2% 81,297 (±1.1% / ±2,288.8)
  • about the same as 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

1.9% ±1.5% (76  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 5% 14,375
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

14.4% ±2.9% (500  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.3% 19,320 (±0.5% / ±1,169)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
500 Total veterans ±106 500 Male ±106 N/A Female ±14

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