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28557

15,253 Population
14.2 square miles 1,075 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 50.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$48,362 ±$3,388 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $45,736 ±$1,645
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$68,528 ±$5,791 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $72,322 ±$2,766
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.4% ±2.2% (1,726  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,845 (±1.2% / ±780)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.6 minutes ±3.1 (124,135  ±20,817) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 23.2 617,420 (±1 / ±33,025)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

7,714 ±367 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31,977 ±549
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.1 (15,049  ±570) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.1 67,963 (±0 / ±53)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.5% ±3.4% (134  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 5.1% † 638 (±1.6% / ±197)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

9,268 ±413 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 52,181 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$362,800 ±$11,323 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $333,300 ±$9,275
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

14.5% ±3.1% (2,182  ±470.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 11.7% † 8,013 (±1.4% / ±943.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.3% ±3.3% (10,812  ±596.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 93.8% 49,925 (±2.4% / ±1,298.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
41.6% ±2.6% (4,817  ±363.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 34.5% 18,381 (±1.4% / ±719.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

3.6% ±1.1% (541  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.9% 2,022
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

10.7% ±1.5% (1,346  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12% 6,799 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,346 Total veterans ±195 1,079 Male ±156 267 Female ±110

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