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Elizabeth City, NC Urban Area

25,327 Population
16.5 square miles 1,534.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,790 ±$2,264 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,833 ±$4,912 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±2.7% (3,008  ±658) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±2.7 (277,370  ±35,873) 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

9,796 ±516 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (23,797  ±1,087) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±2.7% (315  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,262 ±421 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,900 ±$19,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.2% ±3.3% (4,823  ±861.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±4.8% (14,875  ±1,029.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.9% ±3% (4,680  ±547.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

3.5% ±1.4% (882  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.4% ±1.9% (1,976  ±367) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,976 Total veterans ±367 1,660 Male ±331 316 Female ±151

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