Compare Jacksonville, NC vs North Carolina (NC) vs United States

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Metric	Jacksonville, NC City	North Carolina (NC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	71,279	10,730,404	334,922,499
Rent	$1,321	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1992	1991	1980
Household income	$57,697	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$30,271	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.7%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%	4.0%
Household size	2.3	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	52.5%	44.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	71,279	10,730,404	334,922,499
Adults over 25	30,391	7,380,330	230,807,303
Total households	22,688	4,282,345	129,227,496
Household size	2.3	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$57,697	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$30,271	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.7%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	52.5%	44.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,321	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1992	1991	1980
Households that rent	61.3%	33.4%	34.8%
Households that own	38.7%	66.6%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.3	5.6	5.5
Race
White	59.7%	61.8%	61%
Black	15.3%	20.3%	12.2%
Asian	2.6%	3.3%	6%
Two or more races	17.1%	8.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	11.3%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	80.1%	88.7%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	87.2%	83.7%	84.9%
Commute time to work	15.0 min	25.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	12.8%	16.3%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	32%	27.2%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	28.8%	24.8%	26%
Some college or associate degree	12.9%	12.3%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	26.3%	35.7%	35.7%