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28574

20,990 Population
124 square miles 169.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as 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

$26,253 ±$2,168 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $33,305 ±$1,036
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$67,416 ±$5,700 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

10.1% ±3.1% (2,098  ±671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.6% 21,551 (±1.1% / ±2,015)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

32.9 minutes ±2.3 (253,875  ±33,334) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.4 2,083,685 (±0.8 / ±84,000)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

7,137 ±565 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 75,265 ±796
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.9 ±0.2 (20,938  ±2,042) 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

9% ±7.2% (453  ±362) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 9.3% † 4,406 (±1.4% / ±659)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

8,239 ±623 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 87,354 ±88
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$216,500 ±$8,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of 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

14.7% ±4.9% (3,032  ±1,064) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 43,496 (±1.5% / ±2,957.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.1% ±12% (11,180  ±1,016.4) 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)
17.8% ±4.2% (2,132  ±538.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26% 29,721 (±1.2% / ±1,400.4)
  • about half 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

2.2% ±1% (459  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4.2% 8,824
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

23.9% ±4.4% (2,810  ±562) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent 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)
2,810 Total veterans ±562 2,212 Male ±451 598 Female ±214

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