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Surf City, NC

4,396 Population
7.7 square miles 572.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,611 ±$5,845 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $46,500 ±$937
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,433 ±$12,692 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $76,471 ±$1,635
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±2.3% (241  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 10.9% 48,455 (±0.6% / ±2,770)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±3.9 (38,720  ±9,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.5 4,150,430 (±0.5 / ±104,849)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,784 ±179 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 199,271 ±1,527
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,396  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.2 445,413 (±0 / ±124)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±4.2% (46  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,802 (±0.6% / ±578)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,621 ±281 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 250,971 ±125
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$512,300 ±$56,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $362,400 ±$4,221
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.6% ±7% (941  ±306.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 13.8% 62,095 (±0.7% / ±3,342.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±10.1% (3,001  ±383.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.4% 311,687 (±1.3% / ±4,457.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51.6% ±7.8% (1,608  ±269.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 39.4% 131,439 (±0.8% / ±2,703.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±1.4% (122  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 22,220
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±4.8% (366  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 32,076 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
366 Total veterans ±158 301 Male ±142 65 Female ±51

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