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28532

19,918 Population
165.4 square miles 120.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,072 ±$2,277 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: $35,967 ±$1,231
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$65,772 ±$4,433 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: $63,380 ±$3,433
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15.1% ±3.7% (2,933  ±735) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 14.3% 16,724 (±1.1% / ±1,265)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.9 minutes ±3.1 (206,430  ±32,333) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 21.9 1,097,855 (±0.8 / ±49,553)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

7,446 ±466 Number of households
  • the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 50,615 ±671
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.2 (19,592  ±765) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 2.3 116,753 (±0 / ±138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

10.9% ±3.6% (512  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,562 (±1.3% / ±312)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,677 ±494 Number of housing units
  • the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 59,318 ±111
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$193,200 ±$8,361 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: $198,700 ±$5,417
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.3% ±3.2% (3,175  ±633.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 12.7% 15,390 (±1.2% / ±1,493.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.9% ±4.1% (10,997  ±832.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 91.1% 77,907 (±2.3% / ±2,006.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
18.6% ±2.3% (2,198  ±305) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 25.3% 21,620 (±1.1% / ±956.4)
  • about half 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

3.8% ±1.2% (757  ±242) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 3.8% 4,682
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

19.4% ±2.8% (2,472  ±389) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New Bern, NC Micro Area: 14.3% 13,116 (±0.9% / ±795)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,472 Total veterans ±389 2,076 Male ±341 396 Female ±159

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