North Carolina · Census place 54160
Pumpkin Center, NC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Pumpkin Center, North Carolina (Pumpkin Center, NC — Census place “Pumpkin Center CDP”) is 1,753 residents, ranking #354 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $62,684, the median home is worth $170,300 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Pumpkin Center North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pumpkin Center, NC: 28546.
- Population
- 1,753Pumpkin Center CDP residents
- Median household income
- $62,684Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $170,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 88.3%Owner-occupied households
Pumpkin Center ZIP codes (North Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pumpkin Center.
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What the numbers mean in Pumpkin Center CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.4% of residents and 88.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Pumpkin Center CDP, NC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Pumpkin Center CDP is a small town in North Carolina, with 1,753 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #354 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 54% of them. The median age here is 32.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Pumpkin Center CDP earn a median of $62,684 a year, 20.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Pumpkin Center CDP is valued at $170,300, 43.9% below the national figure and 23% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 88.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
The Census withheld gross rent for Pumpkin Center CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in North Carolina.
- Sea Breeze CDP 1,731
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- Foxfire village 1,730
- Wanchese CDP 1,793
- Pinebluff town 1,723
- Jefferson town 1,852
- Tryon town 1,713
- Manteo town 1,853
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Pumpkin Center CDP?
- Pumpkin Center CDP has 1,753 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #354 of 777 in North Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Pumpkin Center CDP?
- Median household income in Pumpkin Center CDP is $62,684 a year, 20.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pumpkin Center CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $170,300.
- Is Pumpkin Center CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pumpkin Center CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Pumpkin Center CDP 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.