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28538

1,989 Population
28.1 square miles 70.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,164 ±$5,255 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $29,431 ±$1,792
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$56,953 ±$9,459 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $45,143 ±$2,547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

23.1% ±8.7% (459  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 22% † 11,854 (±2.4% / ±1,280)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

34.2 minutes ±6 (30,810  ±10,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 24.3 517,725 (±1.5 / ±37,030)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

864 ±195 Number of households
  • the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 23,351 ±486
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (1,983  ±491) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 2.3 53,691 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.4% ±7% (23  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 9.3% † 1,069 (±2.5% / ±292)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

916 ±197 Number of housing units
  • the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 26,879 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$114,800 ±$40,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $120,500 ±$7,092
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

15.6% ±9.5% (308  ±201.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 9.6% † 5,188 (±1.5% / ±832.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

78.7% ±23.8% (1,125  ±220.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 82.9% 31,659 (±3.4% / ±1,308.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
13.5% ±6.5% (193  ±102.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 16.4% 6,243 (±1.5% / ±558.1)
  • about two-fifths of 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

4.5% ±5.3% (89  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 4.4% 2,400
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.3% ±3.5% (100  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 8.3% † 3,539 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
100 Total veterans ±60 98 Male ±61 2 Female ±3

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