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Census Tract 9705.01, Carteret, NC

2,576 Population
6.8 square miles 379 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Morehead City: 44.2 ±2.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Carteret County: 50.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,144 ±$6,491 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Morehead City: $43,126 ±$3,630
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Carteret County: $45,736 ±$1,645
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$39,740 ±$10,715 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morehead City: $56,233 ±$3,697
  • about half the amount in Carteret County: $72,322 ±$2,766
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

20.9% ±9.3% (530  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Morehead City: 18.1% † 1,747 (±4% / ±389)
  • more than double the rate in Carteret County: 10.1% † 6,845 (±1.2% / ±780)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.2 minutes ±4.3 (22,050  ±7,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morehead City: 18.1 74,375 (±1.6 / ±9,422)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carteret County: 23.2 617,420 (±1 / ±33,025)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,221 ±174 Number of households
  • Morehead City: 5,169 ±252
  • Carteret County: 31,977 ±549
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.1 (2,533  ±396) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morehead City: 1.9 9,612 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Carteret County: 2.1 67,963 (±0 / ±53)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

13.5% ±14.8% (89  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Morehead City: 4.6% † 107 (±4.3% / ±100)
  • more than double the rate in Carteret County: 5.1% † 638 (±1.6% / ±197)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,297 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Morehead City: 6,449 ±318
  • Carteret County: 52,181 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$188,900 ±$99,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Morehead City: $357,400 ±$28,587
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Carteret County: $333,300 ±$9,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

23.2% ±11% (582  ±290.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Morehead City: 18.4% † 1,778 (±4.5% / ±435.4)
  • about double the rate in Carteret County: 11.7% † 8,013 (±1.4% / ±943.4)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.9% ±21.8% (1,778  ±308.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morehead City: 90.2% 6,492 (±5.7% / ±487.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Carteret County: 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)
21.2% ±6% (424  ±140.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Morehead City: 35.6% 2,563 (±3.3% / ±260.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carteret County: 34.5% 18,381 (±1.4% / ±719.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

1% ±1.2% (26  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Morehead City: 4% † 392 (±1.4% / ±138)
  • about one-third of the rate in Carteret County: 2.9% 2,022
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8% ±5.9% (168  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Morehead City: 9% † 725 (±2% / ±162)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carteret County: 12% 6,799 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
168 Total veterans ±126 125 Male ±75 43 Female ±59

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