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Wilmington, NC

122,162 Population
51.4 square miles 2,376.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,329 ±$1,498 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $35,130 ±$751
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
$51,137 ±$2,222 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $57,488 ±$1,758
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280

19.2% ±1.2% (22,508  ±1,406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 14.5% 41,298 (±0.9% / ±2,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)

18.4 minutes ±0.7 (990,350  ±50,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 22.3 2,802,635 (±0.5 / ±82,751)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)

Families

53,830 ±981 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 120,810 ±1,128
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
2.2 ±0 (116,547  ±504) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.4 284,709 (±0 / ±720)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)

3% ±0.7% (1,019  ±245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.1% † 2,921 (±0.6% / ±426)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)

Housing

60,289 ±718 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 142,686 ±304
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852

$264,600 ±$10,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $243,700 ±$4,705
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839

20.3% ±1.6% (24,535  ±1,921.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 16.2% 46,952 (±0.9% / ±2,659.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)

Social

93% ±2.7% (75,648  ±2,403.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 92.3% 187,071 (±1.7% / ±3,457)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
43.9% ±1.8% (35,734  ±1,564.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 39.4% 79,846 (±1% / ±2,062.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)

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

4.7% ±0.6% (5,753  ±754) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.5% 13,276 (±0.4% / ±1,251)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)

6.4% ±0.7% (6,412  ±658) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.5% 20,138 (±0.5% / ±1,187)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
6,412 Total veterans ±658 5,789 Male ±618 623 Female ±181

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