County · North Carolina

Onslow County, North Carolina

Onslow County, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,720 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Carolina it ranks #43 of 100 counties. It ranks best on dentists (high), comfortable days (high) and new homes permitted (high). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), hospital quality rating (low) and public libraries (low).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,720 of 3,143 counties
North Carolina: #43 of 100 in NC
Population: 217,175 (2025)
Land area: 762 mi²
Density: 285.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 37133

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety32#2,090/3,096
Economy63#1,153/3,143
Housing29#2,230/3,140
Health50#1,578/3,144
Healthcare51#1,525/3,143
Environment55#1,385/3,108
Education61#1,222/3,144
Infrastructure82#579/3,144
Community11#2,787/3,144
Leisure & amenities31#2,174/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Onslow County, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Dentists · high109 /100k
96/100North Carolina 62 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high32.6%
94/100North Carolina 30.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New homes permitted · high9.1 /1k
93/100North Carolina 8.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Broadband subscriptions · high92.8%
91/100North Carolina 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.420
82/100North Carolina 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Job growth · high2.1%
82/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high98.9
1/100North Carolina 45.12025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
2/100North Carolina 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Voter turnout · low54.4%
14/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Time spent in the emergency room · high190 min
15/100North Carolina 189 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Social associations · low6.3 /10k
15/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
204,984 (2020) → 217,175 (2025)
+5.9%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
23% (2021) → 73% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+50 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
45.6% (2010 & 2021) → 56.4% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenImproving
33.5% (2020 & 2021) → 23.9% (2023 & 2024)
−9.6 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
8.2 /1k (2020) → 11.8 /1k (2025)
+44%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$50,645 (2019) → $71,800 (2024)
+42%5 yearsUS $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Onslow County, North Carolina improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Household income+42%$50,645 → $71,800
Uninsured−2.5 points10.6% → 8.1%
Weekly wage+25%$754 → $941
Bachelor's++3.1 points22.9% → 26.0%
Unemployment−2.7 points6.7% → 4.0%

Declined2

Commute+1.8 min20.6 min → 22.4 min
Price / income+0.3×3.1× → 3.5×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Onslow County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.4 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	+7.6%	Within the margin of error	55%
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Declined	25%
Average weekly wage	$7542020	$9412025	+25%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	56%
Broadband subscriptions	87.1%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Improved	14%
Child poverty rate	17.9%2019	14.8%2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Distance to an airport	43 mi2020	43 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	26.5 /100k2020	22.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	40%
Effective property tax rate	0.77%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	55%
Firearm deaths	20.7 /100k2020	19.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4.8%	Within the margin of error	56%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	20%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−0.4%	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	55%
Homicide rate	5.3 /100k2020	4.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	32%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,6262019	$62,3882024	+28%	Improved	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.4202020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$50,6452019	$71,8002024	+42%	Improved	96%
New business applications	8.2 /1k2020	11.8 /1k2025	+44%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−30%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	12.5%2019	11.5%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	1,723 /100k2020	1,201 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	41%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−5.5%	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	47.2%2015-2019	50.7%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	+0.2%	Within the margin of error	49%
Students per teacher	16.4×2019	15.7×2024	−0.7×	Little change	48%
Suicide rate	23.1 /100k2020	22.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	63%
Traffic deaths	10.6 /100k2015-2019	12.2 /100k2020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	37%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	4.0%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.6%2019	8.1%2024	−2.5 points	Improved	77%
Violent crime rate	243 /100k2020	231 /100k2025	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	37%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Onslow County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Onslow County, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Onslow County, North Carolina itself moved −0.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

207,906 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−2.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

207,906 residents

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White64%133,070
Black12%23,976
Hispanic or Latino14%29,152

Education

114,320 residents (±313)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma6.7%7,692
High school or GED29%33,439
Some college26%29,560

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

75,265 households (±796)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k14%10,251
$25k–50k22%16,461
$50k–75k20%14,919
$75k–100k16%12,152
$100k–150k16%12,195
$150k–200k6.8%5,127
$200k or more5.5%4,160

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−7.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

75,265 households (±796)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own64%47,971
Rent36%27,294

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

25,682 households (±1,069)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75012%3,102
$750–1,00017%4,246
$1,000–1,50045%11,455

Home values

47,971 homes (±1,191)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k18%8,758
$150k–250k38%18,029
$250k–400k31%14,926

Age of homes

87,354 homes (±88)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later27%23,611
2000–200921%18,017
1980–199927%23,402

Size of homes

87,354 homes (±88)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio1.1%†959
1 bedroom4.3%3,768
2 bedrooms19%16,762

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

106,923 workers (±1,629)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone66%70,281
Carpool12%12,892
Public transit0.2%†165
Walk6.9%7,415
Bike0.1%†140
Work from home13%13,699
Other2.2%2,331

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

93,224 workers (±1,840)

Onslow County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min34%31,572
15–29 min38%35,395
30–44 min17%16,092

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Jacksonville, NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Onslow County has 3,080 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.61× North Carolina's), with 38,655 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,590. The Census Bureau also counts 13,866 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,080; 13,866 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 38,655
Average annual pay: $37,590; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Onslow County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	342	16.2	0.88×About typical	7,420	$19,592	42
Ambulatory health care services	211	10	0.48×Fewer than typical	2,375	$60,087	449
Lessors of real estate	200	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	591	$42,012	1,441
Specialty trade contractors	181	8.6	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,435	$51,066	994
Limited-service restaurants	175	8.3	1.03×About typical	4,063	$18,030	18
Full-service restaurants	129	6.1	0.80×Fewer than typical	2,835	$22,489	15
Construction of buildings	121	5.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	645	$51,355	466
Services to buildings and dwellings	110	5.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	649	$35,766	1,223
Real estate agents and brokers	106	5	1.03×About typical	208	$44,288	653
Religious organizations	101	4.8	0.86×About typical	661	$22,284	—
Building equipment contractors	87	4.1	0.69×Fewer than typical	823	$51,910	180
Automotive repair and maintenance	73	3.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	495	$42,794	225

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 210,955 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $562.2M on contracts performed in Onslow County, North Carolina: $2,589 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $562.2M; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,589; US $1,995
Sole-source: 22%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$363.9M65%
Federal Acquisition Service$71.2M13%
U.S. Special Operations Command$59.9M11%
Defense Health Agency$43.9M7.8%
Department of the Army$8.4M1.5%
U.S. Coast Guard$6.4M1.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$3.7M0.7%
Defense Commissary Agency$1.7M0.3%

Top recipients

SODEXO MANAGEMENT INC.$93M17%
VIASAT INC$57M10%
DSC-EMI MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC$27.1M4.8%
ENCON DESBUILD JV 2 LLC$22.2M3.9%
MILITARY & FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$21.6M3.8%

Spending by fiscal year

572.5MFY2017
759.4MFY2018
1.3BFY2019
2.3BFY2020
838MFY2021
951.9MFY2022
989.2MFY2023
802.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Special food services · 7223$93M17%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$63.1M11%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$61.4M11%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$49.3M8.8%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$42.4M7.5%
Facilities support services · 5612

Largest awards

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF USMC GARRISION MESS HALLS$944.3M
SODEXO MANAGEMENT INC.· Onslow County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Jul 26, 2018 – May 26, 2026· M9549418C0018
HURRICANE FLORENCE RECOVERY MILCON PACKAGE 7$408.7M
ARCHER WESTERN FEDERAL JV· Onslow County, NC· Construction & real property· Aug 31, 2020 – Jun 4, 2026· N4008520C0060
HFRM PACKAGE 5$209.9M
WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE· Onslow County, NC· Construction & real property· Sep 28, 2020 – Jan 28, 2026· N4008520C0072
BASE BID - P1800 (BASE,OPTIONS 1-5)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Onslow County, North Carolina: $7,639 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.7B; −0.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,639; US $12,957
Loan face value: $375.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$778.3M47%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$531.9M32%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Onslow County, North Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Onslow County, North Carolina
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$2,931	$1,436
FY2018	$3,854	$1,552
FY2019	$6,600	$1,654
FY2020	$11,119	$1,880
FY2021	$4,117	$1,810
FY2022	$4,606	$1,917
FY2023	$4,689	$2,079
FY2024	$3,740	$2,047
FY2025	$3,342	$2,165
FY2026	$2,589 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$1,166	$93.28
FY2018	$1,766	$105
FY2019	$4,254	$128
FY2020	$8,496	$145
FY2021	$1,954	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$4,315	$5,748
FY2022	$4,729	$5,221
FY2023	$4,788	$5,364
FY2024	$3,886	$5,501
FY2025	$3,639	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$44.12	$298
FY2022	$65.73	$357
FY2023	$22.28	$301
FY2024	$30.09	$319
FY2025	$6.96	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$44.09	$239
FY2022	$45.74	$185
FY2023	$49.19	$229
FY2024	$49.70	$229
FY2025	$52.13	$249
FY2026	$54.55

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$21.62	$2,304
FY2022	$20.07	$2,197
FY2023	$20.79	$2,274
FY2024	$25.64	$2,267
FY2025	$20.14	$2,397
FY2026	$22.66

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$370	$1,186
FY2022	$191	$465
FY2023	$29.82	$76.52
FY2024	$85.35	$120
FY2025	$104	$148
FY2026	$51.98

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Onslow County, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Onslow County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2019

$4,254 per resident in FY2019, against an earlier average of $1,466 (2.9× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Onslow County, North Carolina
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/37133

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Onslow County, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Gregory F. MurphyR-NC-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 12.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Onslow County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Jacksonville, NC48Central county

Cities and towns in Onslow County

Places whose residents live mostly in Onslow County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Year −3

−1.1 per 1,000 people

−0.4 per 1,000 people

−2.0 per 1,000 people to +0.4 per 1,000 people

Year −2

−0.1 per 1,000 people

+1.3 per 1,000 people

−1.5 per 1,000 people to +2.2 per 1,000 people

Year −1

0.0 per 1,000 people

0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people

Year 0

+1.3 per 1,000 people

+1.7 per 1,000 people

−2.2 per 1,000 people to +8.0 per 1,000 people

Year +1

+1.7 per 1,000 people

+1.3 per 1,000 people

−3.4 per 1,000 people to +4.4 per 1,000 people

Year +2

+2.6 per 1,000 people

+1.3 per 1,000 people

−5.1 per 1,000 people to +4.4 per 1,000 people

Year −3

+0.2 points

+0.3 points

−0.9 points to +1.4 points

Year −2

−1.4 points

+0.5 points

−0.7 points to +2.4 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−3.8 points

−5.6 points

−11.0 points to −2.4 points

Year +1

+4.2 points

+3.3 points

+0.9 points to +5.7 points

Year +2

+1.6 points

+2.2 points

+0.4 points to +4.2 points

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−3.9%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.2%	+3.3%
2018	+5.0%	+6.8%
2019	+9.2%	+10.5%
2020	+18.2%	+19.4%
2021	+22.6%	+26.1%
2022	+29.2%	+30.6%
2023	+34.3%	+35.0%
2024	+41.4%	+41.0%
2025	+47.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	5.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	7.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	+0.1%	−6.9%
2015	−2.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+4.7%
2018	+7.1%	+7.5%
2019	+7.4%	+14.0%
2020	+12.1%	+16.9%
2021	+18.0%	+21.0%
2022	+31.9%	+29.7%
2023	+42.0%	+34.9%
2024	+52.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	+3.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+69.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+79.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+85.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+91.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2015	+0.3% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.8% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+41.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+58.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+65.5% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+70.7% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.2% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	5.9%	6.2%
2015	5.8%	5.3%
2016	5.4%	4.9%
2017	4.9%	4.4%
2018	4.5%	3.9%
2019	4.3%	3.7%
2020	6.7%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	3.9%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	3.8%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−3.1%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.4%	+4.1%
2018	0.0%	+8.9%
2019	+0.7%	+13.5%
2020	+7.6%	+20.8%
2021	+19.5%	+32.1%
2022	+20.1%	+35.4%
2023	+24.2%	+42.9%
2024	+32.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	14.3%	15.5%
2015	15.3%	14.7%
2016	13.7%	14.0%
2017	13.5%	13.4%
2018	15.1%	13.1%
2019	12.5%	12.3%
2020	12.5%	11.9%
2021	13.9%	12.8%
2022	12.4%	12.6%
2023	12.4%	12.5%
2024	11.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Onslow County, North Carolina	United States
2014	5.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Onslow County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.6 points	−0.1 points	−1.1 points to +1.0 points
Year −2	+1.6 points	+0.5 points	−0.9 points to +1.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.4 points	−0.4 points	−1.8 points to +1.7 points
Year +1	−2.4 points	−5.8 points	−6.7 points to −5.1 points
Year +2	+5.6 points	+1.7 points	+0.2 points to +3.6 points

Year	Onslow County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−6.5%	−6.5%	−7.0% to −5.7%
Year −2	−3.9%	−3.5%	−4.2% to −2.7%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+8.2%	+5.8%	+3.6% to +8.8%
Year +1	+12.2%	+11.1%	+8.2% to +14.3%
Year +2	+18.2%	+17.0%	+14.8% to +19.4%

Year	Onslow County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.6 points	+0.7 points	+0.5 points to +1.0 points
Year −2	+0.2 points	+0.2 points	+0.1 points to +0.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.4 points	+3.3 points	+2.4 points to +4.2 points
Year +1	+0.4 points	+1.1 points	+0.5 points to +1.7 points
Year +2	−0.4 points	−0.1 points	−0.6 points to +0.1 points

Year	Onslow County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.1%	−4.5%	−5.8% to −2.6%
Year −2	−0.7%	−2.9%	−4.4% to −2.4%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+6.8%	+8.0%	+6.3% to +9.4%
Year +1	+18.6%	+16.6%	+15.6% to +18.1%
Year +2	+19.2%	+17.2%	+13.2% to +19.9%

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined2

Counties like Onslow County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Onslow County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined2

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Compared with 15 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought