Conway is home to 832 people in North Carolina. This skews young, with a median age of 28.5. 43% of homes are owner-occupied. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 49%. The poverty rate is 28.4%, above the 12.5% national rate. The typical home is worth $106,000, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $36,920, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 28.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Conway
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants75.6% → 43.3%(−32.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age34.6 → 28.5(−6.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share36.4% → 51.9%(+15.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Conway's population equals 4.9% of Northampton County's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 2.2% of the county's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 2.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)41.9%(18)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.6%(11)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era9.3%(4)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 43 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Conway, decade by decade
Conway population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
761
$41,202
$100,323
14.8%
58.5
2000
734
$42,353
$93,997
13.3%
57.5
2010
836
$60,539
$123,286
21.0%
66.9
2020
752
$46,304
$115,871
18.2%
69.6
2024
832
$36,920
$106,000
24.2%
75.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
