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Beaufort, NC

4,534 Population
5.1 square miles 890.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.9 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 49.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,059 ±$4,580 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $39,817 ±$1,300
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$41,890 ±$6,839 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $66,965 ±$2,014
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

14.6% ±4.6% (625  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 6,489 (±1% / ±681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

19.1 minutes ±5.7 (30,535  ±10,238) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 24 661,280 (±1.1 / ±35,198)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

2,321 ±194 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 30,414 ±551
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
1.9 ±0.2 (4,294  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.2 67,180 (±0 / ±51)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

2.4% ±2.7% (21  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 3.9% † 488 (±1.1% / ±143)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

3,042 ±205 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 51,096 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$277,800 ±$20,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $277,400 ±$8,086
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

14.5% ±3.9% (655  ±,177.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12.5% 8,505 (±1.2% / ±,822.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

88.5% ±8.7% (2,999  ±,352.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 92.1% 48,052 (±2.4% / ±1,280.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
30.1% ±5.4% (1,020  ±,195.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31.9% 16,625 (±1.3% / ±,698.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

2.1% ±1.3% (95  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 3% 2,047
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

10.2% ±3% (386  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12.4% 6,956 (±0.9% / ±526)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
386 Total veterans ±116 355 Male ±113 31 Female ±31

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