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28516

11,143 Population
125.7 square miles 88.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 50.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,508 ±$3,308 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $42,707 ±$1,489
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$63,257 ±$11,049 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $70,235 ±$2,152
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

10.7% ±2.8% (1,164  ±312) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 10% † 6,781 (±1.3% / ±842)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.1 minutes ±3.4 (95,515  ±19,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 23.2 635,705 (±0.9 / ±29,936)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

5,485 ±438 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31,198 ±604
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2 ±0.2 (10,905  ±632) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.2 67,436 (±0 / ±51)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.4% ±1.6% (27  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 3.8% † 473 (±1.2% / ±155)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,183 ±419 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 51,615 ±47
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$292,300 ±$27,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $304,200 ±$11,253
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.8% ±2.7% (1,088  ±307) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12.8% † 8,728 (±1.4% / ±931.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89% ±5.4% (7,732  ±664.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 92.7% 48,752 (±2.4% / ±1,269.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
27.1% ±3.2% (2,352  ±308.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 32.3% 17,006 (±1.3% / ±694.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

2.5% ±1.3% (283  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 3.2% 2,223
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.3% ±2.4% (990  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12% 6,741 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
990 Total veterans ±241 939 Male ±241 51 Female ±44

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