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28539

18,351 Population
77.1 square miles 238.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,291 ±$3,183 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $33,305 ±$1,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$66,976 ±$9,414 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $68,148 ±$2,456
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.8% ±3.6% (2,167  ±688) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.6% 21,551 (±1.1% / ±2,015)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

26.1 minutes ±1 (192,330  ±23,156) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.4 2,083,685 (±0.8 / ±84,000)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

7,794 ±763 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 75,265 ±796
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.3 (18,316  ±1,437) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 186,319 (±0 / ±175)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

7% ±2.7% (320  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 9.3% † 4,406 (±1.4% / ±659)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

8,484 ±711 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 87,354 ±88
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$230,200 ±$12,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $236,400 ±$5,122
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

21.2% ±5.5% (3,815  ±1,029.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 43,496 (±1.5% / ±2,957.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

90.7% ±3.3% (10,319  ±934.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.3% 106,628 (±2.4% / ±2,794)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
22.2% ±3.6% (2,523  ±459.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26% 29,721 (±1.2% / ±1,400.4)
  • about three-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

3% ±1% (554  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4.2% 8,824
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

22.5% ±2.5% (2,645  ±361) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.4% 25,185 (±1.3% / ±1,488)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,645 Total veterans ±361 2,136 Male ±312 509 Female ±169

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