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Onslow County Schools, NC

180,631 Population
630.5 square miles 286.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 27.8 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$33,036 ±$1,679 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Onslow County: $31,594 ±$1,482
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$69,958 ±$3,800 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Onslow County: $67,597 ±$3,696
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

11.4% ±2.3% (20,384  ±4,124) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 11.5% † 22,132 (±2.2% / ±4,286)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

25.6 minutes ±0.7 (1,848,315  ±69,929) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 21.6 2,073,995 (±0.6 / ±68,957)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

71,393 ±2,512 Number of households
  • Onslow County: 76,788 ±2,522
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.5 ±0.1 (179,698  ±2,864) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Onslow County: 2.5 192,293 (±0.1 / ±510)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524

8.8% ±3% (3,794  ±1,291) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 9.6% † 4,644 (±2.8% / ±1,370)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

82,691 ±1,380 Number of housing units
  • Onslow County: 88,820 ±205
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$253,100 ±$14,044 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Onslow County: $253,100 ±$14,001
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

17% ±3.1% (29,995  ±5,466.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 19.6% † 40,912 (±2.8% / ±5,860.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

94.7% ±5.1% (106,272  ±5,888.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 94.9% 112,071 (±5% / ±5,939.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
23.2% ±2.5% (25,965  ±2,826.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 23.6% † 27,902 (±2.5% / ±2,896.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

3.8% ±1.1% (6,823  ±1,972) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 4.3% 9,264
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127

22.8% ±2.1% (27,124  ±2,605) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 22.6% 27,859 (±2.1% / ±2,657)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
27,124 Total veterans ±2,605 22,070 Male ±2,357 5,054 Female ±1,343

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