Elizabeth City is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Elizabeth City, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
Elizabeth City in 100 households: 44 owners (NC: 67)
Kids under 18 make up 21 in 100 residents (NC: 22). 27 in 100 adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more. Population: about 19,622 (2025 Census estimate).
Median age 36.5 (NC 39.1).
About 76 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.7 points). Median age: women 38.5, men 33.8.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 10.6% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 26 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Elizabeth City says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Elizabeth City
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Elizabeth City’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Elizabeth City or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Elizabeth City in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.