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Whiteville, NC

4,696 Population
5.6 square miles 844.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$25,529 ±$5,416 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$31,167 ±$10,113 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

20.7% ±7.2% (923  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.8 minutes ±6.1 (43,855  ±12,765) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,812 ±236 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.3 (4,431  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.2% ±5.7% (77  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,060 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$187,500 ±$35,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.1% ±3.5% (511  ±163.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.1% ±10.6% (2,797  ±396.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
23.4% ±5.8% (733  ±190.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.5% ±3.1% (212  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.1% ±3.5% (215  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
215 Total veterans ±122 167 Male ±85 48 Female ±52

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