Piney Green is home to 14,078 people in North Carolina. The median age is 30.1, younger than the US median of 38.9. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The foreign-born share is 4%. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $227,600. The population is up 21% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $72,177, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 64%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Piney Green
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants54.9% → 66.4%(+11.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Piney Green's population equals 6.8% of Onslow County's. Its number of veterans equals 10% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.9% 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)58.5%(1,500)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)34.2%(878)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era20.3%(521)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.2%(83)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,565 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
Piney Green, decade by decade
Piney Green 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
8,999
$60,431
$151,924
9.1%
60.7
2000
11,658
$66,738
$139,174
18.1%
69.0
2010
13,293
$69,506
$194,207
20.4%
75.1
2020
14,386
$66,941
$186,533
22.0%
82.8
2024
14,078
$72,177
$227,600
24.2%
84.4
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.
