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Whiteville, NC Urban Area

5,154 Population
4.9 square miles 1,044.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,579 ±$5,041 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,189 ±$9,209 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±5.5% (993  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±5.4 (46,765  ±12,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,023 ±250 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (4,889  ±306) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±5.3% (79  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,333 ±275 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,300 ±$30,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±3.3% (520  ±167.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±9.4% (3,143  ±422.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±5.1% (745  ±188.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

4.1% ±2.8% (212  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±3.1% (191  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
191 Total veterans ±118 152 Male ±84 39 Female ±51

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