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Morehead City, NC

9,806 Population
7.4 square miles 1,323 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 50.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,126 ±$3,630 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $45,736 ±$1,645
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,233 ±$3,697 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $72,322 ±$2,766
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±4% (1,747  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,845 (±1.2% / ±780)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±1.6 (74,375  ±9,422) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 23.2 617,420 (±1 / ±33,025)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,169 ±252 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31,977 ±549
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (9,612  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.1 67,963 (±0 / ±53)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±4.3% (107  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 5.1% † 638 (±1.6% / ±197)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,449 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 52,181 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$357,400 ±$28,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $333,300 ±$9,275
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±4.5% (1,778  ±435.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 11.7% † 8,013 (±1.4% / ±943.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±5.7% (6,492  ±487.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 93.8% 49,925 (±2.4% / ±1,298.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.6% ±3.3% (2,563  ±260.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 34.5% 18,381 (±1.4% / ±719.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±1.4% (392  ±138) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.9% 2,022
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±2% (725  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12% 6,799 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
725 Total veterans ±162 478 Male ±115 247 Female ±108

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