Pitt County, North Carolina

Pitt County has a population of 177,193 and has grown 6.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $208,900, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $58,188.

Home price
$208,900
Income
$58,188
Population
177,193
Unemployment
7.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$208,900county
Median gross rent$993county
Median year homes here were built1994county
Share of homes built before 198029.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented48.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,407county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,095county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$896county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,465county
Home insurance / yr$3,124(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.8(statewide)
Median household income$58,188county
Family health premium / yr$23,120(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,720(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.684(statewide)
Poverty rate19.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.9%county
Unemployment rate7.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.7%county
Share of workers employed by government17.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry31.2%county
Economic output per resident$70,707county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.83%county
Top state income tax3.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.10%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport42318county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station31 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.0%county
Traffic deaths36.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher33.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.8%county
Public schools in the county41county
Public school enrollment25164county
Students per full-time teacher16.0county
Free lunch eligible94.0%county
Elementary schools25county
Middle schools7county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians114county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter5.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.8%county
Frequent mental distress16.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population177,193county
Land area in square miles652county
People per square mile of land272.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores31county
Convenience stores19county
Share living far from a food store20.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.4%county
Population change since 2020+6.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age33.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.5%county
Share of households that are one person32.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.8%county
Second languages8.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls38.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents138county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in5,205county
Households that moved away4,955county
Average income of arriving households$50,813county
Average income of departing households$54,939county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes16county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,285county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings13.8%county
Violent crime rate376(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.3 incounty
Annual snowfall2.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.44 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F39 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing56 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days230 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 25county
Average first fall frostNov 10county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$144county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh13.5¢county
Household electricity use1,045 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.19(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity79.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas13.5%county
Homes heated by propane5.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband88.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk87.7county
Coastal flood risk48.0county
Drought risk75.8county
Landslide risk36.0county
Hail risk77.5county
Earthquake risk71.6county
Tornado risk94.3county
Tropical cyclone risk96.3county
Extreme heat risk88.1county
Winter weather risk98.4county
Strong wind risk71.6county
Wildfire risk41.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Pitt County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the North Carolina figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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