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Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area

40,834 Population
226.9 square miles 180 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,719 ±$2,236 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,589 ±$7,087 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±2% (4,224  ±783) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±1.5 (459,230  ±34,726) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,785 ±384 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (38,592  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.1% (464  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,721 ±79 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,600 ±$12,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±2.2% (6,170  ±898.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±4.4% (25,105  ±1,259.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.6% ±2.5% (7,738  ±706.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.6% (1,063  ±372) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±1.3% (3,445  ±408) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,445 Total veterans ±408 2,921 Male ±350 524 Female ±186

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