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Census Tract 9706.06, Carteret, NC

3,920 Population
3 square miles 1,317.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Morehead City: 44.2 ±2.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carteret County: 50.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$60,155 ±$9,859 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Morehead City: $43,126 ±$3,630
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Carteret County: $45,736 ±$1,645
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$93,162 ±$28,107 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Morehead City: $56,233 ±$3,697
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Carteret County: $72,322 ±$2,766
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.2% ±3.3% (205  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Morehead City: 18.1% † 1,747 (±4% / ±389)
  • about half the rate in Carteret County: 10.1% † 6,845 (±1.2% / ±780)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.9 minutes ±13.3 (31,710  ±17,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Morehead City: 18.1 74,375 (±1.6 / ±9,422)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carteret County: 23.2 617,420 (±1 / ±33,025)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,819 ±180 Number of households
  • Morehead City: 5,169 ±252
  • Carteret County: 31,977 ±549
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (3,920  ±401) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Morehead City: 1.9 9,612 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Carteret County: 2.1 67,963 (±0 / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

2.9% ±3.4% (16  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Morehead City: 4.6% † 107 (±4.3% / ±100)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carteret County: 5.1% † 638 (±1.6% / ±197)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,172 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Morehead City: 6,449 ±318
  • Carteret County: 52,181 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$391,800 ±$24,911 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Morehead City: $357,400 ±$28,587
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Carteret County: $333,300 ±$9,275
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8% ±4% (313  ±159.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Morehead City: 18.4% † 1,778 (±4.5% / ±435.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carteret County: 11.7% † 8,013 (±1.4% / ±943.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.1% ±6.3% (3,061  ±351.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morehead City: 90.2% 6,492 (±5.7% / ±487.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Carteret County: 93.8% 49,925 (±2.4% / ±1,298.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
55.1% ±6.4% (1,719  ±257.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morehead City: 35.6% 2,563 (±3.3% / ±260.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Carteret County: 34.5% 18,381 (±1.4% / ±719.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

3% ±2% (118  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Morehead City: 4% † 392 (±1.4% / ±138)
  • a little higher than the rate in Carteret County: 2.9% 2,022
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.3% ±3.6% (399  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Morehead City: 9% † 725 (±2% / ±162)
  • a little higher than the rate in Carteret County: 12% 6,799 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
399 Total veterans ±123 383 Male ±119 16 Female ±20

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