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28461

23,762 Population
75.9 square miles 313.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 45.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$53,976 ±$5,912 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $46,500 ±$937
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$82,692 ±$6,908 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $76,471 ±$1,635
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.8% ±1.7% (1,358  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 10.9% 48,455 (±0.6% / ±2,770)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

28 minutes ±3.9 (171,390  ±31,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 23.5 4,150,430 (±0.5 / ±104,849)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

11,150 ±587 Number of households
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 199,271 ±1,527
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.2 (23,594  ±1,120) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 2.2 445,413 (±0 / ±124)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.7% ±3.6% (128  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,802 (±0.6% / ±578)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

14,619 ±623 Number of housing units
  • the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 250,971 ±125
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$428,600 ±$32,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: $362,400 ±$4,221
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13.6% ±3.4% (3,223  ±821.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 13.8% 62,095 (±0.7% / ±3,342.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

95% ±3.1% (19,603  ±1,208.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 93.4% 311,687 (±1.3% / ±4,457.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
42.2% ±2.3% (8,703  ±655.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 39.4% 131,439 (±0.8% / ±2,703.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.4% ±1.3% (809  ±316) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 22,220
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.2% ±1.6% (2,604  ±369) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 32,076 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,604 Total veterans ±369 2,428 Male ±353 176 Female ±139

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