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28543

6,069 Population
4.6 square miles 1,325.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.7 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$22,876 ±$2,334 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $33,305 ±$1,036
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$50,649 ±$11,928 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $68,148 ±$2,456
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

8.3% ±5.6% (391  ±275) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.6% 21,551 (±1.1% / ±2,015)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

14.4 minutes ±1.8 (48,230  ±8,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.4 2,083,685 (±0.8 / ±84,000)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,645 ±255 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 75,265 ±796
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.9 ±0.4 (4,696  ±946) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 186,319 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

17.3% ±11.6% (266  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double 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

2,056 ±287 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 87,354 ±88
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $236,400 ±$5,122
  • North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

47% ±12.4% (2,736  ±818.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 43,496 (±1.5% / ±2,957.7)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.6% ±36.8% (1,767  ±424.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.3% 106,628 (±2.4% / ±2,794)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
38.9% ±17% (697  ±364.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26% 29,721 (±1.2% / ±1,400.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.2% ±1.8% (256  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4.2% 8,824
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.5% ±5.3% (255  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.4% 25,185 (±1.3% / ±1,488)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
255 Total veterans ±126 223 Male ±125 32 Female ±25

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