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Morehead City, NC Micro Area

69,615 Population
507.6 square miles 137.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,335 ±$3,526 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$78,256 ±$6,860 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.8% ±2.3% (6,690  ±1,590) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.2 minutes ±0.9 (635,705  ±29,936) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

34,497 ±1,653 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2 ±0.1 (68,231  ±84) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.8% ±1.9% (355  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

52,843 ±54 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$343,000 ±$24,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.8% ±2.8% (8,880  ±1,934.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.5% (51,913  ±3,119.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.6% ±3.3% (20,238  ±1,815.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

4.9% (3,417  ±830) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11% ±1.7% (6,502  ±1,013) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,502 Total veterans ±1,013 6,092 Male ±965 410 Female ±220

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