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Emerald Isle, NC

3,915 Population
4.9 square miles 795.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 50.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$66,213 ±$9,629 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $42,707 ±$1,489
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$89,432 ±$15,023 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $70,235 ±$2,152
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3.9% ±1.7% (151  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 10% † 6,781 (±1.3% / ±842)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.7 minutes ±2.4 (31,355  ±5,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 23.2 635,705 (±0.9 / ±29,936)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,819 ±108 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31,198 ±604
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.1 (3,915  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.2 67,436 (±0 / ±51)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.7% ±4.3% (20  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 3.8% † 473 (±1.2% / ±155)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,802 ±183 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 51,615 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$563,600 ±$63,920 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $304,200 ±$11,253
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.4% ±4.9% (599  ±192.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12.8% † 8,728 (±1.4% / ±931.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98.4% ±7.1% (3,133  ±258.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 92.7% 48,752 (±2.4% / ±1,269.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
52% ±5% (1,655  ±172.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 32.3% 17,006 (±1.3% / ±694.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±0.8% (62  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 3.2% 2,223
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.1% ±2.9% (397  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12% 6,741 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
397 Total veterans ±96 345 Male ±86 52 Female ±46

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