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28543

6,341 Population
4.6 square miles 1,385.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,232 ±$1,820 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $30,998 ±$862
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$43,680 ±$5,205 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $64,568 ±$1,873
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.7% ±5.2% (665  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 21,794 (±1.1% / ±2,120)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

14.7 minutes ±1.6 (54,505  ±8,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.6 2,073,995 (±0.6 / ±68,957)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,782 ±266 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 72,516 ±972
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.3 (4,853  ±859) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.6 186,381 (±0 / ±238)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

19.3% ±11.2% (309  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 9.1% † 4,281 (±1.4% / ±669)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,207 ±304 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 85,917 ±177
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

54.7% ±12% (3,308  ±828) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.8% 46,522 (±1.6% / ±3,335.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.4% ±33.4% (1,730  ±410.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.2% 105,408 (±2.7% / ±3,020.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
34.8% ±17.7% (624  ±353.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26.1% 29,462 (±1.4% / ±1,584)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±1.8% (282  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4% 8,276
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

16% ±4.7% (365  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.8% 25,681 (±1.2% / ±1,420)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
365 Total veterans ±133 312 Male ±129 53 Female ±38

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