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Whiteville, NC

4,761 Population
5.6 square miles 856.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 41.8 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,524 ±$3,943 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbus County: $24,236 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$34,121 ±$11,900 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $43,206 ±$3,741
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

20.2% ±8.3% (914  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Columbus County: 21.1% † 10,149 (±2.7% / ±1,291)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

25.2 minutes ±8.1 (47,510  ±17,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 28.3 500,150 (±1.9 / ±41,699)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,865 ±223 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 19,185 ±383
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.4 ±0.3 (4,518  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Columbus County: 2.5 48,151 (±0.1 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,188 ±255 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,641 ±64
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$141,900 ±$37,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbus County: $119,800 ±$6,673
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

15.2% ±8.6% (720  ±,407.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 9.4% † 4,744 (±1.4% / ±,701.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

92.8% ±10.8% (3,104  ±,436.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 85.6% 30,729 (±3.4% / ±1,233.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
25.5% ±6.1% (853  ±,213.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 14.5% 5,216 (±1.4% / ±,508.7)
  • about three-quarters of 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

0.6% ±0.6% (26  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Columbus County: 2.4% 1,234
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

9.7% ±3.9% (356  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Columbus County: 6.9% † 2,782 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
356 Total veterans ±146 314 Male ±127 42 Female ±46

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