Carolina Meadows, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Carolina Meadows CDP is a very small community in North Carolina, with 536 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #576 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 25% of them. The median age here is 83.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Carolina Meadows CDP earn a median of $133,090 a year, 69.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 117% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Carolina Meadows CDP is valued at $514,900, 69.7% above the national figure and 134% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,176 a month, 125.9% above the national figure, or roughly $38,112 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 44.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 83.2 puts Carolina Meadows CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 536 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Carolina Meadows CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.