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New Bern, NC Urban Area

46,478 Population
41.3 square miles 1,126 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,428 ±$2,412 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,585 ±$4,221 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±2.1% (6,741  ±980) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±0.7 (353,500  ±26,194) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,170 ±652 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (45,726  ±1,201) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±1.9% (630  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,042 ±661 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$245,400 ±$12,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±2.1% (5,937  ±983.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±3.3% (31,390  ±1,397.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.2% ±2.1% (10,915  ±768.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of 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

4.8% ±1% (2,211  ±455) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.3% ±1.6% (4,925  ±603) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,925 Total veterans ±603 4,081 Male ±481 844 Female ±279

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