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Wilmington, NC Urban Area

285,611 Population
142.3 square miles 2,007.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,547 ±$2,404 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,473 ±$3,375 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.9% ±2% (30,532  ±5,696) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.8 minutes ±0.9 (2,674,160  ±162,825) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

127,879 ±2,935 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (280,073  ±3,732) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±1.9% (2,881  ±1,314) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

143,781 ±2,068 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$421,600 ±$15,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.9% ±2% (42,159  ±5,623.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.6% ±3.6% (194,306  ±8,070) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.4% ±2.6% (96,317  ±5,437.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.7% ±1% (16,277  ±2,963) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.1% ±0.9% (16,564  ±2,131) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,564 Total veterans ±2,131 15,135 Male ±1,986 1,429 Female ±535

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