Wrightsboro, North Carolina

Back to Wrightsboro, NC housing info, New Hanover County, North Carolina, NC smaller cities, NC small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Wrightsboro, NC New Hanover County Population in July 2007: 5,323. Males: 2,583   (48.5%) Females: 2,740   (51.5%) Median resident age:   37.2 years North Carolina median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 28401. Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,451 (it was $37,876 in 2000) Wrightsboro:   $45,451 North Carolina:   $44,670 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $24,138 Wrightsboro:   $24,138 North Carolina:   $24,307 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $169,131 (it was $93,000 in 2000) Wrightsboro:   $169,131 North Carolina:   $145,700 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $186,657; Detached houses: $195,754; Mobile homes: $47,222 Wrightsboro, NC residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Wrightsboro: White Non-Hispanic (63.3%) Black (33.6%) Hispanic (1.5%) Two or more races (1.0%) American Indian (0.8%) Other race (0.6%) 2008 cost of living index in Wrightsboro: 85.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Wrightsboro, North Carolina on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: What can we really expect in Wrightsboro and New Hanover?  (3 replies) Landscaping & gardening tips for newcomers to the Charlotte area  (210 replies) Big Celebration Planned for Captain Jack Unveiling  (22 replies) Roads of the 1700s  (14 replies) Latest news from Wrightsboro, NC collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: English (11.5%), Irish (10.7%), United States (10.1%), German (9.4%), Scotch-Irish (5.7%), Scottish (3.1%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 35 feet Land area: 10.7 square miles. Population density: 496 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Wrightsboro, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Wrightsboro-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 2% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/13/1962, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 4.3 miles away from the Wrightsboro place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 8/13/2004, a category 2 tornado 8.0 miles away from the place center killed 3 people and injured 29 people and caused $1 million in damages.

Wrightsboro-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/6/1994 at 19:54:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.6 LG, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 85.7 miles away from Wrightsboro center
On 9/22/2006 at 11:22:00, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 96.2 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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Shopping Center: Cape Fear Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map Churches in Wrightsboro include: Mount Holly Church (A), Saint Phillips Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Creek: Ness Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	72.3%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.8%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.1% of all households

This place:	10.5%
Whole state:	12.3%

This place:	3.5%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wrightsboro, NC

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11.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,565 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.03%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($364 average AGI)

New Hanover County:	0.09%
North Carolina average:	0.17%

from Pender County, NC	0.68% ($30,056 average AGI)
from Wake County, NC	0.65% ($50,610)
from Brunswick County, NC	0.64% ($47,281)

9.29% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,449 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.29%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($142 average AGI)

New Hanover County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.10%

to Brunswick County, NC	1.33% ($46,091 average AGI)
to Pender County, NC	1.03% ($45,637)
to Wake County, NC	0.66% ($40,217)