Beaufort vs Cape Carteret

A side-by-side comparison of Beaufort and Cape Carteret: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaufort and Cape Carteret are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beaufort has the higher population (4,613 vs 2,598 in Cape Carteret). Cape Carteret has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $48,111 in Beaufort). Cape Carteret has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $319,700 in Beaufort).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
Population	4,613	2,598
Median age	50.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,111	$75,313
Median home value	$319,700	$347,500
Median gross rent	$862	$1,755
Housing units	3,112	1,284
Homeownership rate	48.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
Population	4,343 → 4,613 (+6.2%)	2,403 → 2,598 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$40,926 → $48,111 (+17.6%)	$81,923 → $75,313 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $319,700 (+39.1%)	$261,600 → $347,500 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $862 (+20.6%)	$1,601 → $1,755 (+9.6%)

Beaufort

Population

4,3434,613

Median household income

$40,926$48,111

Median home value

$229,900$319,700

Median gross rent

$715$862

Cape Carteret

Population

2,4032,598

Median household income

$81,923$75,313

Median home value

$261,600$347,500

Median gross rent

$1,601$1,755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
Under 5	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	18.4%	19.7%
75 and over	12.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	93.5%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	18.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
Drove alone	75.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
1-unit, detached	60.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Cape Carteret
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.3%
Average household size	1.83	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1983	1994