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28594

3,934 Population
5.7 square miles 688.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 50.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$70,224 ±$8,974 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $45,736 ±$1,645
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$89,773 ±$13,436 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $72,322 ±$2,766
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

4.9% ±2% (194  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,845 (±1.2% / ±780)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

28.6 minutes ±7.1 (30,940  ±5,294) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 23.2 617,420 (±1 / ±33,025)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,940 ±95 Number of households
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 31,977 ±549
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.1 (3,934  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

5.3% ±4.8% (25  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 5.1% † 638 (±1.6% / ±197)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

6,923 ±192 Number of housing units
  • the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 52,181 ±62
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$603,700 ±$64,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: $333,300 ±$9,275
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12.8% ±5.1% (501  ±198) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.7% ±7.4% (3,282  ±272.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 93.8% 49,925 (±2.4% / ±1,298.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
57.1% ±5.4% (1,899  ±190.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Morehead City, NC Micro Area: 34.5% 18,381 (±1.4% / ±719.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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% ±1.3% (117  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as 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

12.5% ±2.9% (430  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • a little 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)
430 Total veterans ±99 362 Male ±89 68 Female ±42

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