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28328

26,927 Population
245.8 square miles 109.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sampson County: 39.7 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,120 ±$1,905 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sampson County: $27,307 ±$1,306
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$52,942 ±$5,040 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sampson County: $52,432 ±$4,188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24.8% ±4% (6,405  ±1,065) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 21.8% † 12,703 (±2.5% / ±1,449)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23 minutes ±2.1 (229,005  ±27,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sampson County: 26.5 603,065 (±1.2 / ±35,536)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

9,302 ±415 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,607 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.8 ±0 (25,879  ±1,179) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sampson County: 2.7 57,995 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6% ±2.4% (355  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Sampson County: 6.3% † 797 (±1.9% / ±240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

10,920 ±455 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,852 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$163,000 ±$8,778 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sampson County: $150,700 ±$8,685
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.3% ±1% (1,413  ±265.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 4.5% † 2,630 (±0.8% / ±452.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

82.6% ±3.3% (14,653  ±847.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sampson County: 84.1% 33,486 (±3.1% / ±1,248.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18% ±1.7% (3,196  ±327.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 16.2% 6,464 (±1.3% / ±522.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

13.7% ±1.9% (3,697  ±530) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sampson County: 10.7% 6,332
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.8% ±1.3% (1,139  ±250) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sampson County: 6.9% † 3,083 (±0.9% / ±382)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,139 Total veterans ±250 1,068 Male ±242 71 Female ±54

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