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28472

16,780 Population
197.9 square miles 84.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Columbus County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,405 ±$2,653 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbus County: $27,773 ±$1,307
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,003 ±$9,408 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Columbus County: $49,442 † ±$4,924
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.7% ±3.7% (2,988  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 18.2% † 8,710 (±2.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.4 minutes ±2.9 (157,830  ±23,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbus County: 29.3 534,690 (±1.5 / ±35,018)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

6,629 ±445 Number of households
  • Columbus County: 20,048 ±392
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (15,929  ±864) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Columbus County: 2.4 47,872 (±0.1 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.8% ±2.8% (204  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 4.9% † 489 (±1.4% / ±143)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

7,709 ±431 Number of housing units
  • Columbus County: 23,563 ±60
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$151,000 ±$17,838 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbus County: $146,000 ±$11,896
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.6% ±2.1% (1,432  ±356.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbus County: 8.4% † 4,140 (±1.1% / ±536.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.9% ±4% (10,723  ±780.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbus County: 86.8% 30,841 (±3.4% / ±1,215.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
16.2% ±2.5% (1,960  ±324.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbus County: 14.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±522.2)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.7% (539  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Columbus County: 3.3% 1,666
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.5% ±1.4% (730  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbus County: 6.7% † 2,668 (±1% / ±386)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
730 Total veterans ±192 563 Male ±159 167 Female ±87

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