What is the population of Norlina town?

Norlina town has 1,050 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #450 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Norlina town?

Median household income in Norlina town is $34,659 a year, 55.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Norlina town?

Median gross rent is $718 a month and the median home value is $88,200, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.

Is Norlina town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Norlina town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Norlina, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Norlina, North Carolina (Norlina, NC — Census place “Norlina town”) is 1,050 residents, ranking #450 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $34,659, the median home is worth $88,200 and median gross rent runs $718 a month. Looking for the Norlina North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Norlina, NC: 27563.

Population: 1,050Norlina town residents
Median household income: $34,659Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $88,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $718Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 48.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.4%Owner-occupied households

Norlina ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Norlina.

The Norlina NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

27563

What the numbers mean in Norlina town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Norlina town median would spend about 24.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.4% of residents and 58.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Norlina town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Norlina town is a small town in North Carolina, with 1,050 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #450 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 48.5 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 Norlina town earn a median of $34,659 a year, 55.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 43% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Norlina town is valued at $88,200, 70.9% below the national figure and 60% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $718 a month, 48.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,616 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.9% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Norlina town?: Norlina town has 1,050 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #450 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Norlina town?: Median household income in Norlina town is $34,659 a year, 55.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Norlina town?: Median gross rent is $718 a month and the median home value is $88,200, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.
Is Norlina town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Norlina town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Norlina town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.