With 6,287 people, Wrightsboro is a city in North Carolina. Growth has run 40% since 2000, or 1,791 more people. 78% of homes are owner-occupied. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The foreign-born share is 7%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $255,700.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $78,450, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 51%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wrightsboro
What changed most since 1990
White share68.4% → 62.7%(−5.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share29.1% → 17.8%(−11.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants86.6% → 78.0%(−8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Wrightsboro's population equals 2.7% of New Hanover County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.5% 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)10.9%(32)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31%(91)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era56.1%(165)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.4%(13)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 294 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
Wrightsboro, decade by decade
Wrightsboro 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
4,807
$72,002
$137,284
10.5%
55.8
2000
4,496
$68,997
$169,414
13.0%
60.9
2010
4,896
$70,687
$226,143
16.5%
68.7
2020
5,526
$56,660
$175,624
17.3%
73.9
2024
6,287
$78,450
$255,700
25.9%
69.3
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.
