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Washington, NC Urban Area

15,997 Population
16.7 square miles 958 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,650 ±$3,027 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$44,193 ±$7,489 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

21.9% ±3.6% (3,425  ±581) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.8 minutes ±1.5 (122,190  ±15,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,449 ±407 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.2 (15,550  ±670) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.5% ±4.4% (220  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,740 ±412 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$190,400 ±$12,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.3% ±2.4% (1,307  ±379.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.1% ±4.9% (10,099  ±729.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
24% ±2.7% (2,818  ±343.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

4.8% ±1.8% (770  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.4% ±1.9% (1,073  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,073 Total veterans ±242 970 Male ±241 103 Female ±75

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