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27983

8,642 Population
317.6 square miles 27.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bertie County: 45.9 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,302 ±$4,810 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bertie County: $27,082 † ±$2,729
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,228 ±$12,688 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bertie County: $45,931 † ±$6,859
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

21.6% ±7.5% (1,540  ±546) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bertie County: 19.8% † 3,152 (±3.4% / ±544)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.4 minutes ±5 (52,945  ±13,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bertie County: 25.8 † 144,395 (±2.7 / ±17,751)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,010 ±313 Number of households
  • Bertie County: 7,024 ±322
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.3 (7,109  ±575) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bertie County: 2.3 15,901 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9.3% ±4.7% (136  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bertie County: 7.9% † 246 (±3.4% / ±107)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,061 ±313 Number of housing units
  • Bertie County: 8,988 ±44
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$112,500 ±$24,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bertie County: $95,800 ±$7,975
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.6% ±2.7% (820  ±236.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Bertie County: 10.1% † 1,744 (±2.2% / ±387)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

83% ±5.2% (5,379  ±499.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bertie County: 82% 10,876 (±5.2% / ±703.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.2% ±3.5% (1,117  ±236.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bertie County: 17.9% † 2,368 (±2.6% / ±347)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

2.8% ±1.5% (238  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bertie County: 1.7% 296
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.1% ±2.5% (440  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bertie County: 7.5% † 1,089 (±1.8% / ±264)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
440 Total veterans ±182 388 Male ±152 52 Female ±64

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