Pender County
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- Population
- 65,550
- Area
- 871.3 sq mi (2,256.65 km²), 62.87 sq mi water
- Median age
- 41.6
- Households
- 25,291
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $80,396
- Median house value
- $299,000
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Cities & Towns in Pender County
Local News
Coastal Review
Published August 19Amid moratorium hits, misses, shellfish growers seek leases
Latest in our series: As tensions grow among various users of public trust waters over site selection for North Carolina's growing shellfish mariculture industry, new lease applications filed with the state would cover a combined 55 acres of bottom and water columns in six…
Coastal Review
Published August 18Surf City celebrates federal beach project with event, music
A ceremony Monday on the beach by the Surf City Ocean Pier marked the start of a federal coastal storm risk management project that the town has sought for more than two decades, and it has inspired a ... "song."
Coastal Review
Published August 13‘Astonishing’: Topsail Island stormwater projects yield results
Officials in the three Topsail Island towns see improvement in the chronic street flooding that had long been a problem after an agreement to take on an island-wide resiliency project.
Coastal Review
Published August 12Grower survey to assist balanced approach to mariculture
North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Coastal Federation are inviting oyster growers in Pender and Onslow counties to share their experiences and perspectives on the use of public trust waters.
Coastal Review
Published July 22Cape Fear area water utilities notified of elevated 1,4-dioxane discharge
Several downstream drinking water suppliers, including Brunswick and Pender counties, and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, have been notified that elevated levels of 1,4-dioxane were detected in a July 10 sample collected upstream from the Asheboro Wastewater Treatment…