North Carolina · Census place 49380
Oriental town, NC
Quick answer
Oriental town has 930 residents, ranking #473 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $57,875, the median home is worth $406,800 and median gross rent runs $1,106 a month.
- Population
- 930Oriental town residents
- Median household income
- $57,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $406,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,106Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 68.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 81.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Oriental town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Oriental town median would spend about 22.9% 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 7.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.3% of residents and 81.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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