Porters Neck vs Wrightsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Porters Neck and Wrightsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Porters Neck and Wrightsboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Porters Neck has the higher population (7,102 vs 5,434 in Wrightsboro). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $72,867 in Wrightsboro). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $220,700 in Wrightsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
Population	7,102	5,434
Median age	52.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,417	$72,867
Median home value	$525,100	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,591	$1,072
Housing units	3,415	2,401
Homeownership rate	79.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
Population	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)	4,525 → 5,434 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)	$46,174 → $72,867 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)	$141,800 → $220,700 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)	$980 → $1,072 (+9.4%)

Porters Neck

Population

7,5387,102

Median household income

$90,841$115,417

Median home value

$379,200$525,100

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,591

Wrightsboro

Population

4,5255,434

Median household income

$46,174$72,867

Median home value

$141,800$220,700

Median gross rent

$980$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.5%
75 and over	22.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	60.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
No high school diploma	2.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	11.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
Drove alone	59.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	33.3%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
1-unit, detached	79.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Porters Neck	Wrightsboro
Poverty rate	2.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	2003	1982