Elizabeth City is home to 40,834 people. The foreign-born share is 3%. About 28% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $234,600, having roughly tripled since 2000. Growth has run 17% since 2000, or 5,937 more people. The median household earns $66,589, about 19% below the national median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,589, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 65%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Elizabeth City
What changed most since 1990
White share61.4% → 53.8%(−7.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate19.7% → 11.0%(−8.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Among the 38 metro and micro areas based in North Carolina
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)30.3%(1,044)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)40.6%(1,398)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28%(964)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(95)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,445 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
Elizabeth City, decade by decade
Elizabeth City 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
31,298
$52,360
$141,124
14.4%
60.7
2000
34,897
$55,458
$142,089
16.4%
65.3
2010
40,661
$63,419
$245,564
18.7%
69.3
2020
40,568
$65,982
$201,926
23.3%
73.6
2024
40,834
$66,589
$234,600
27.6%
73.4
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.
