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State Senate District 5, NC

221,056 Population
1,157.8 square miles 190.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,686 ±$908 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,600 ±$1,797 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20% ±1.1% (42,741  ±2,311) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22 minutes ±0.7 (1,981,115  ±80,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

92,937 ±867 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0 (214,202  ±164) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.3% ±0.8% (2,536  ±444) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

104,914 ±101 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$175,700 ±$7,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16.8% ±1% (36,777  ±2,271.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.3% ±2% (125,363  ±2,761.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
29.7% ±1.1% (41,714  ±1,546.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • 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

5.1% (11,249  ±812) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.2% ±0.5% (12,401  ±871) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
12,401 Total veterans ±871 10,867 Male ±742 1,534 Female ±334

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