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Elizabeth City, NC Urban Area

24,578 Population
16.5 square miles 1,489.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,554 ±$1,606 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$55,148 ±$5,107 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.3% ±2.8% (2,796  ±657) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25 minutes ±2.1 (240,440  ±30,292) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,438 ±450 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (23,031  ±1,073) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.2% ±2.4% (381  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,016 ±481 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$212,100 ±$11,910 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

21.3% ±3.8% (5,154  ±954.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.8% ±4.8% (14,645  ±1,028.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
28.6% ±3.4% (4,663  ±597.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.7% ±1.3% (918  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.2% ±1.7% (1,883  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,883 Total veterans ±322 1,588 Male ±291 295 Female ±143

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