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Morehead City--Emerald Isle--Atlantic Beach, NC Urban Area

44,879 Population
46.9 square miles 956.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$45,544 ±$1,981 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$70,337 ±$3,233 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.8% ±1.7% (4,794  ±765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.9 minutes ±1.4 (383,225  ±29,173) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

21,284 ±564 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.1 (44,322  ±986) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.8% ±1.5% (314  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

38,074 ±476 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$340,800 ±$10,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.1% ±1.7% (6,276  ±781.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.5% ±2.3% (32,503  ±1,036.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
37.1% ±1.6% (12,891  ±603.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.5% ±0.6% (1,573  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

12.1% ±1.1% (4,485  ±400) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
4,485 Total veterans ±400 3,946 Male ±329 539 Female ±177

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