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Morehead City, NC Micro Area

70,259 Population
507.6 square miles 138.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,233 ±$5,189 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$76,748 ±$7,654 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.4% ±1.9% (5,810  ±1,279) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.2 minutes ±1 (617,420  ±33,025) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,777 ±1,876 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (69,072  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.6% ±3.7% (1,174  ±458) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,358 ±60 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$378,400 ±$31,207 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±2% (6,243  ±1,369.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±5.4% (51,719  ±2,953.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42.2% ±3.6% (23,013  ±1,946.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.1% (2,196  ±594) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.7% ±1.6% (6,249  ±911) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,249 Total veterans ±911 5,125 Male ±797 1,124 Female ±384

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