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New Bern, NC Urban Area

47,351 Population
41.3 square miles 1,147 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$42,345 ±$2,824 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$65,310 ±$5,409 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.5% ±2% (6,746  ±964) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.1 minutes ±1.2 (363,140  ±31,275) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

21,222 ±632 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0 (46,609  ±1,405) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.7% ±2.2% (721  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,959 ±612 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$216,500 ±$10,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13% ±2.2% (6,109  ±1,063.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.3% ±3% (31,528  ±1,414.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
31% ±2% (10,585  ±763.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

5.3% ±0.9% (2,517  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

14.1% ±1.7% (5,221  ±630) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
5,221 Total veterans ±630 4,445 Male ±526 776 Female ±280

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