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28584

14,939 Population
33.9 square miles 440.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 50.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$47,843 ±$6,624 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
$87,414 ±$10,458 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $72,322 ±$2,766
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9.7% ±3.1% (1,440  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,845 (±1.2% / ±780)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

26.6 minutes ±1.2 (151,740  ±19,079) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 23.2 617,420 (±1 / ±33,025)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

6,149 ±404 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31,977 ±549
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (14,926  ±975) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.1 67,963 (±0 / ±53)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5% ±2.6% (154  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 5.1% † 638 (±1.6% / ±197)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

7,719 ±407 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 52,181 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$339,200 ±$17,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $333,300 ±$9,275
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13.3% ±3.7% (1,972  ±559.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 11.7% † 8,013 (±1.4% / ±943.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.7% ±2.6% (10,349  ±800.2) 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)
33.4% ±3.5% (3,725  ±477.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 34.5% 18,381 (±1.4% / ±719.9)
  • a little less 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

2.8% ±1.4% (424  ±205) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 2.9% 2,022
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.9% ±2.6% (1,451  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 12% 6,799 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,451 Total veterans ±315 1,236 Male ±292 215 Female ±132

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