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Whiteville city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Whiteville city is a Census city of 4,696 people across 5.56 square miles of land, in Columbus County. Median household income is $31,167, 48.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $15.6 m.
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Whiteville
What Whiteville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.56 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land845
- County holding the largest share of its areaColumbus County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whiteville
How many people live in Whiteville
- Population4,696
- Median age35.7
- Population under 181,184 plus or minus 264
- Share under 1825.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over838 plus or minus 188
- Share 65 and over17.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households1,812
- Family households921
- Share of households that are families50.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whiteville
Income and work in Whiteville
- Median household income$31,167 plus or minus $10,113
- Per capita income$25,529 plus or minus $5,416
- Civilian labor force1,946
- Employed1,883
- Unemployed63 plus or minus 66
- Unemployment rate3.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over3,139
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whiteville
Housing in Whiteville
- Housing units2,060
- Occupied units1,812
- Vacant units248 plus or minus 125
- Vacancy rate12.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied881 plus or minus 204
- Renter occupied931 plus or minus 191
- Ownership rate48.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$187,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$773 plus or minus $164
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.8 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Single family units1,124 plus or minus 227
- Share single family54.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more668 plus or minus 201
- Share in buildings of two or more32.4 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes268 plus or minus 135
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whiteville
How Whiteville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,770
- Commuting under 15 minutes691 plus or minus 235
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.0 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more716 plus or minus 273
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.5 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Drove alone74.6 percent
- Carpooled16.8 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Worked from home3.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whiteville
SBA loans in Whiteville (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$15,648,900
- Average approval$1,956,113
- Median approval$1,150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,600,000
- Largest approval$4,600,000
- Jobs supported78
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbus County, not Whiteville
Columbus County context, not Whiteville figures
These are Columbus County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Whiteville measurements.
- Establishments in Columbus County997
- Employment at those establishments, Columbus County11,658
- Covered employment, Columbus County14,466
- Average annual pay, Columbus County$47,896
- Average weekly wage, Columbus County$921
- Housing units permitted, Columbus County55
- Of those, single family, Columbus County55
- County product, 2024, Columbus County$1,917,692,000
- County product change over the prior year, Columbus County1.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Columbus County$40,996
Every figure in this section is published for Columbus County as a whole and is not a measurement of Whiteville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Whiteville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Whiteville, North Carolina?
4,696, in 1,812 households. Whiteville city covers 5.56 square miles of land, which is 845 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Whiteville in?
Columbus County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Whiteville?
$31,167. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $187,500. Median gross rent is $773 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Whiteville businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $15.6 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $1,150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Whiteville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Whiteville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Whiteville. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Whiteville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Columbus County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Whiteville.
Is zoning published for Whiteville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.