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Wilmington, NC Metro Area

291,833 Population
1,063.6 square miles 274.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,316 ±$2,212 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$66,939 ±$2,751 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.6% ±1.5% (30,189  ±4,289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.8 minutes ±0.7 (2,710,890  ±154,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

127,095 ±2,932 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.2 ±0.1 (284,041  ±1,566) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.8% ±1.5% (2,724  ±1,096) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

147,766 ±721 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$302,700 ±$12,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

18.4% ±2.4% (53,411  ±6,845) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.8% ±3.8% (191,513  ±8,106.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
39.7% ±2.3% (81,951  ±4,906.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

4.6% ±0.8% (13,533  ±2,319) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.6% ±0.9% (17,979  ±2,220) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
17,979 Total veterans ±2,220 15,276 Male ±1,954 2,703 Female ±1,184

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