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Town Hall: (252) 393-7898

Physical Address:
427 Sherwood Avenue
Cedar Point, NC 28584

Mailing Address:
PO Box 1687
Cedar Point, NC 28584

Email : townhall@cedarpointnc.org
 
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CENSUS 2000 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE HIGHLIGHTS
General Characteristics Number Percent U.s
Total population 929    
Male 462 49.7 49.1%
Female 467 50.3 50.9%
Median age (years) 46.8 (X) 35.3
Under 5 years 37 4.0 6.8%
18 years and over 765 82.3 74.3%
65 years and over 207 22.3 12.4%
One race 927 99.8 97.6%
White 919 98.9 75.1%
Black or African American 3 0.3 12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1 0.1 0.9%
Asian 3 0.3 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1 0.1 0.1%
Some other race 0 0.0 5.5%
Two or more races 2 0.2 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 8 0.9 12.5%
Household population 929 100.0 97.2%
Household population                     929 100.0 97.2%
Group quarters population 0 0.0 2.8%
Average household size 2.12 (X) 2.59
Average family size 2.61 (X) 3.14
Total housing units 893

 

 
Occupied housing units 438 49.0 91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units 357 81.5 66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units 81 18.5 33.8%
Vacant housing units 455 51.0 9.0%
       
Social Characteristics Number Percent U.s
Population 25 years and over 739

 

 
High school graduate or higher 602 81.5 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher 142 19.2 24.4%
Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over) 191 23.8 12.7%
Disability status (population 5 years and over) 208 22.2 19.3%
Foreign born 13 1.4 11.1%
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over) 248 61.7 56.7%
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over) 271 63.0 52.1%
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over) 18 1.9 17.9%
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Economic Characteristics Number Percent U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over) 465 56.7 63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over) 19.1 (X) 25.5
Median household income in 1999 (dollars) 40,655 (X) 41,994
Median family income in 1999 (dollars) 46,818 (X) 50,046
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars) 25,457 (X) 21,587
Families below poverty level 32 11.1 9.2%
Individuals below poverty level 105 10.9 12.4%

 

 

 

 
Housing Characteristics Number Percent U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes 218

 

 
Median value (dollars) 204,700 (X) 119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs (X) (X)

 
With a mortgage (dollars) 1,313 (X) 1,088
Not mortgaged (dollars) 271 (X) 295
       
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary File 1 (SF 1) and Summary File 3 (SF 3)
 
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DETAILED CENSUS DATA
Subject Number Percent
Total population 929 100.0
SEX AND AGE    
Male 462 49.7
Female 467 50.3
Under 5 years 37 4.0
5 to 9 years 48 5.2
15 to 19 years 44 4.7
20 to 24 years 40 4.3
25 to 34 years 76 8.2
35 to 44 years 142 15.3
45 to 54 years 134 14.4
55 to 59 years 72 7.8
60 to 64 years 80 8.6
65 to 74 years 123 13.2
75 to 84 years 68 7.3
85 years and over 16 1.7
Median age (years) 46.8 (X)
     
18 years and over 765 82.3
Male 373 40.2
Female 392 42.2
21 years and over 745 80.2
62 years and over 247 26.6
65 years and over 207

22.3
Male 89 9.6
Female 118 12.7
     
RACE    
One race 927 99.8
Vacant housing units 455 51.0
White 919 98.9
Black or African American 3 0.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 1 0.1
Asian 3 0.3
Asian Indian 0 0.0
Chinese 0 0.0
Filipino 2 0.2
Japanese 0 0.0
Korean 1 0.1
Vietnamese 0 0.0
Other Asian 1 0 0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1 0.1
Native Hawaiian 0 0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro 1 0.1
Samoan 0 0.0
Other Pacific Islander 2 0 0.0
Some other race 0 0.0
Two or more races 2 0.2
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Race alone or in combination with one or more other races3    
White 921 99.1
Black or African American 3 0.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 3 0.3
Asian 3 0.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1 0.1
Some other race 0 0.0
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
     
Total population 929 100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 8 0.9

Mexican

 1 0.1
Puerto Rican 0 0.0
Cuban 0 0.0
Other Hispanic or Latino 7 0.8
Not Hispanic or Latino 921 99.1
White alone 912 98.2
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
     
RELATIONSHIP

 

 
Total population 929 100.0
In households 929 100.0
Householder 438 47.1
Spouse 229 24.7
Child 192 20.7
Own child under 18 years 151 16.3
Other relatives 26 2.8
Under 18 years 9 1.0
Nonrelatives 44 4.7
Unmarried partner 14 1.5
In group quarters 0 0.0
Institutionalized population 0 0.0
Noninstitutionalized population 0 0.0
     
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE

 

 
Total households 438 100.0
     
Family households (families) 278 63.5
With own children under 18 years 92 21.0
Married-couple family 229 52.3
With own children under 18 years 68 15.5
Female householder, no husband present 26 5.9
With own children under 18 years 12 2.7
Nonfamily households 160 36.5
Householder living alone 134 30.6
Householder 65 years and over 69 15.8

 

 

 
Households with individuals under 18 years 102 23.3
Households with individuals 65 years and over 156 35.6

 

 

 

Average household size

 2.12 (X)

Average family size

 2.61 (X)
     
HOUSING OCCUPANCY

 

 
Total housing units 893 100.0
Occupied housing units 438 49.0
Vacant housing units 455 51.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 415 46.5

 

 

 
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent) 6.1 (X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent) 2.4 (X)

 

 

 
HOUSING TENURE

 

 
Occupied housing units 438 100.0
Owner-occupied housing units 357 81.5
Renter-occupied housing units 81 18.5

 

 

 
Average household size of owner-occupied unit 2.10 (X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit 2.21 (X)
     
(X) Not applicable
1 Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2 Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3 In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.
     

Subject		 Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 214 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 6 2.8
Kindergarten 11 5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 96 44.9
High school (grades 9-12) 32 15.0
College or graduate school 69 32.2
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 
Population 25 years and over 739 100.0
Less than 9th grade 7 0.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 130 17.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 228 30.9
     
Some college, no degree 175 23.7
Associate degree 57 7.7
Bachelor's degree 96 13.0
Graduate or professional degree 46 6.2
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.5 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 19.2 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS

 

 
Population 15 years and over 832 100.0
Never married 132 15.9
Now married, except separated 519 62.4
Separated 14 1.7
Widowed 90 10.8
Female 75 9.0
Divorced 77 9.3
Female 37 4.4
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 2 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0
 

 

 
VETERAN STATUS

 

 
Civilian population 18 years and over 801 100.0
Civilian veterans 191 23.8

 

 

 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 
Population 5 to 20 years 145 100.0
With a disability 5 3.4

 

 

 
Population 21 to 64 years 595 100.0
With a disability 103 17.3
Percent employed 35.9 (X)
No disability 492 82.7
Percent employed 77.4 (X)

 

 

 
Population 65 years and over 199 100.0
With a disability 100 50.3

 

 

 
RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 
Population 5 years and over 943 100.0
Same house in 1995 424 45.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 508 53.9
Same county 120 12.7
Different county 388 41.1
Same state 323 34.3
Different state 65 6.9
Elsewhere in 1995 11 1.2

 

 

 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 
Total population 959 100.0
Native 946 98.6
Born in United States 941 98.1
State of residence 524 54.6
Different state 417 43.5
Born outside United States 5 0.5
Foreign born 13 1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000 1 0.1
Naturalized citizen 12 1.3
Not a citizen 1 0.1

 

 

 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 
     
Total (excluding born at sea) 13 100.0
Europe 10 76.9
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 1 7.7
Northern America 2 15.4

 

 

 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 
Population 5 years and over 943 100.0
English only 925 98.1
Language other than English 18 1.9
Speak English less than 'very well 4 0.4
Spanish 4 0.4
Speak English less than "very well" 4 0.4
Other Indo-European languages 14 1.5
Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0

 

 

 
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 
Total population 959 100.0
Total ancestries reported 850 88.6
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 4 0.4
Danish 2 0.2
Dutch 2 0.2
English 240 25.0
French (except Basque)1 36 3.8
French Canadian1 2 0.2
German 115 12.0
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 12 1.3
Irish1 163 17.0
Italian 29 3.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 2 0.2
Polish 5 0.5
Portuguese 8 0.8
Russian 5 0.5
Scotch-Irish 29 3.0
Scottish 33 3.4
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 7 0.7
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 75 7.8
Welsh 0 0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 81 8.4
     
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB)
Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB)
Language Code List (PDF 17KB)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19
     

Subject		 Number   Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

 

 
Population 16 years and over 820 100.0
In labor force 465 56.7
Civilian labor force 461 56.2
Employed 444 54.1
Unemployed 17 2.1
Percent of civilian labor force 3.7 (X)
Armed Forces 4 0.5
Not in labor force 355 43.3
 

 

 
Females 16 years and over 427 100.0
In labor force 203 47.5
Civilian labor force 203 47.5
Employed 194 45.4

 

 

 
Own children under 6 years 28 100.0
All parents in family in labor force 26 92.9

 

 

 
COMMUTING TO WORK

 

 
Workers 16 years and over 448 100.0
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 339 75.7
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 62 13.8
Public transportation (including taxicab) 0 0.0
Walked 12 2.7
Other means 7 1.6
Worked at home 28 6.3
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 19.1 (X)

 

 

 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 444 100.0
OCCUPATION

 

 
Management, professional, and related occupations 133 30.0
Service occupations 43 9.7
Sales and office occupations 135 30.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2 0.5
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 81 18.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 50 11.3

 

 

 
INDUSTRY

 

 
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 3 0.7
Construction 53 11.9
Manufacturing 18 4.1
Wholesale trade 10 2.3
Retail trade 62 14.0
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 15 3.4
Information 7 1.6
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 29 6.5
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services 20 4.5
Educational, health and social services 68 15.3
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 49 11.0
Other services (except public administration) 59 13.3
Public administration 51 11.5

 

 

 
CLASS OF WORKER

 

 
Private wage and salary workers 292 65.8
Government workers 95 21.4
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 57 12.8
Unpaid family workers 0 0.0

 

 

 
INCOME IN 1999

 

 
Households 431 100.0
Less than $10,000 58 13.5
   
$10,000 to $14,999 41 9.5
$15,000 to $24,999 73 16.9
$25,000 to $34,999 23 5.3
$35,000 to $49,999 69 16.0
$50,000 to $74,999 60 13.9
$75,000 to $99,999 42 9.7
$100,000 to $149,999 45 10.4
$150,000 to $199,999 0 0.0
$200,000 or more 20 4.6
Median household income (dollars) 40,655 (X)
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With earnings 285 66.1
Mean earnings (dollars) 60,091 (X)
With Social Security income 182 42.2
Mean Social Security income (dollars) 10,527 (X)
With Supplemental Security Income 8 1.9
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars) 4,375 (X)
With public assistance income 27 6.3
Mean public assistance income (dollars) 737 (X)
With retirement income 161 37.4
Mean retirement income (dollars) 22,513 (X)
 

 

 
Families 288 100.0
Less than $10,000 24 8.3
$10,000 to $14,999 12 4.2
$15,000 to $24,999 48 16.7
$25,000 to $34,999 17 5.9
$35,000 to $49,999 49 17.0
$50,000 to $74,999 54 18.8
$75,000 to $99,999 33 11.5
$100,000 to $149,999 41 14.2
$150,000 to $199,999 0 0.0
$200,000 or more 10 3.5
Median family income (dollars) 46,818 (X)
   

 
Per capita income (dollars) 25,457 (X)
Median earnings (dollars):

 

 
Male full-time, year-round workers 30,000 (X)
Female full-time, year-round workers 30,104 (X)

 

 

 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)  

 
Families 32 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X)

11.1
With related children under 18 years 11 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 12.8
With related children under 5 years 0 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 0.0

 

 

 
Families with female householder, no husband present 9 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 47.4
With related children under 18 years 7 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 100.0
With related children under 5 years 0 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) (X)

 

 

 
Individuals 105 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 10.9
18 years and over 85 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 10.6
65 years and over 19 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 9.5
Related children under 18 years 20 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 13.0
     
Related children 5 to 17 years 20 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 14.5
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 26 (X)
Percent below poverty level (X) 13.8
     
(X) Not applicable.
Detailed Occupation Code List (PDF 42KB)
Detailed Industry Code List (PDF 44KB)
User note on employment status data (PDF 63KB)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P30, P32, P33, P43, P46, P49, P50, P51, P52, P53, P58, P62, P63, P64, P65, P67, P71, P72, P73, P74, P76, P77, P82, P87, P90, PCT47, PCT52, and PCT53
     

Subject		 Number Percent
Total housing units 910 100.0
UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 
1-unit, detached 400 44.0
1-unit, attached 3 0.3
2 units 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 0 0.0
5 to 9 units 20 2.2
10 to 19 units 47 5.2
20 or more units 53 5.8
Mobile home 387 42.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0

 

 

 
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT    
1999 to March 2000 61 6.7
1995 to 1998 136 14.9
1990 to 1994 73 8.0
1980 to 1989 334 36.7
1970 to 1979 90 9.9
1960 to 1969 76 8.4
1940 to 1959 108 11.9
1939 or earlier 32 3.5

 

 

 
ROOMS

 

 
1 room 5 0.5
2 rooms 13 1.4
3 rooms 92 10.1
4 rooms 326 35.8
5 rooms 236 25.9
6 rooms 131 14.4
7 rooms 19 2.1
8 rooms 63 6.9
9 or more rooms 25 2.7
Median (rooms) 4.6 (X)

 

 

 
Occupied Housing Units 443 100.0
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 
1999 to March 2000 74 16.7
1995 to 1998 146 33.0
1990 to 1994 71 16.0
1980 to 1989 65 14.7
1970 to 1979 45 10.2
1969 or earlier 42 9.5