What is the population of Pittsboro town?

Pittsboro town has 4,640 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Pittsboro town?

Median household income in Pittsboro town is $64,792 a year, 17.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $342,800, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pittsboro town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pittsboro, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pittsboro, North Carolina (Pittsboro, NC — Census place “Pittsboro town”) is 4,640 residents, ranking #178 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $64,792, the median home is worth $342,800 and median gross rent runs $993 a month. Looking for the Pittsboro North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pittsboro, NC: 27312.

Population: 4,640Pittsboro town residents
Median household income: $64,792Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $342,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $993Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.6%Owner-occupied households

Pittsboro ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pittsboro.

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

27312

What the numbers mean in Pittsboro town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pittsboro town median would spend about 18.4% 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 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 60.6% of households own their home.

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

Pittsboro town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pittsboro town is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,640 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #178 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 42.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Pittsboro town earn a median of $64,792 a year, 17.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% 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 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pittsboro town is valued at $342,800, 13% above the national figure and 56% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $993 a month, 29.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,916 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Pittsboro town?: Pittsboro town has 4,640 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #178 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Pittsboro town?: Median household income in Pittsboro town is $64,792 a year, 17.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pittsboro town?: Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $342,800, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.
Is Pittsboro town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pittsboro town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pittsboro 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.