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Whiteville, NC

4,826 Population
5.5 square miles 870.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±6.6 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 ±0.1

Economics

$23,586 ±$4,218 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbus County: $22,718 ±$1,202
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$32,222 ±$10,385 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $40,562 ±$3,410
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

21.8% ±9.7% (1,004  ±447) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 21% † 10,245 (±2.5% / ±1,242)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

26 minutes ±7.9 (47,680  ±16,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 28 504,750 (±2 / ±42,383)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

1,868 ±225 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 19,230 ±472
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.5 ±0.3 (4,614  ±112) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Columbus County: 2.5 48,794 (±0.1 / ±527)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

4.7% ±7.3% (55  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 5% † 528 (±1.5% / ±162)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

2,201 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,763 ±208
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$112,600 ±$13,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Columbus County: $102,300 ±$8,049
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

16.7% ±8.9% (791  ±422.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbus County: 9.6% † 4,874 (±1.4% / ±734.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

91.9% ±12% (2,996  ±459.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 84% 30,557 (±3.2% / ±1,170.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
27.9% ±7.4% (910  ±252.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Columbus County: 14.1% 5,112 (±1.3% / ±489.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 33% 2,339,163 (±0.2% / ±12,758.5)

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

1.9% ±1.8% (92  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbus County: 3.1% † 1,596 (±0.9% / ±435)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

9.8% ±3.4% (353  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Columbus County: 7.1% † 2,878 (±1% / ±387)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
353 Total veterans ±124 324 Male ±121 29 Female ±47

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