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28540

49,141 Population
110.3 square miles 445.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.7 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,632 ±$1,975 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $33,305 ±$1,036
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$65,625 ±$3,786 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $68,148 ±$2,456
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.1% ±2.9% (7,524  ±1,424) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.6% 21,551 (±1.1% / ±2,015)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.8 minutes ±1.7 (491,120  ±48,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.4 2,083,685 (±0.8 / ±84,000)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

19,048 ±972 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 75,265 ±796
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.1 (46,824  ±2,581) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 186,319 (±0 / ±175)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

13.1% ±3.9% (1,522  ±471) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 9.3% † 4,406 (±1.4% / ±659)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

21,131 ±1,028 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 87,354 ±88
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$223,800 ±$10,841 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $236,400 ±$5,122
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

19.1% ±2.6% (9,110  ±1,331.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 43,496 (±1.5% / ±2,957.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93% ±2.9% (26,160  ±1,448.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.3% 106,628 (±2.4% / ±2,794)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.3% ±2.3% (6,835  ±723.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26% 29,721 (±1.2% / ±1,400.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.7% ±1% (1,801  ±518) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4.2% 8,824
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

21.4% ±2.1% (6,623  ±726) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as 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)
6,623 Total veterans ±726 5,258 Male ±633 1,365 Female ±301

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