Beaufort vs Cedar Point

A side-by-side comparison of Beaufort and Cedar Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaufort and Cedar Point 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 2,005 in Cedar Point). Cedar Point has the higher median household income ($91,853 vs $48,111 in Beaufort). Cedar Point has the higher median home value ($421,400 vs $319,700 in Beaufort).

Population, income & housing

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
Population	4,613	2,005
Median age	50.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,111	$91,853
Median home value	$319,700	$421,400
Median gross rent	$862	$1,341
Housing units	3,112	1,172
Homeownership rate	48.0%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
Population	4,343 → 4,613 (+6.2%)	1,874 → 2,005 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$40,926 → $48,111 (+17.6%)	$78,646 → $91,853 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $319,700 (+39.1%)	$322,600 → $421,400 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $862 (+20.6%)	$1,219 → $1,341 (+10.0%)

Beaufort

Population

4,3434,613

Median household income

$40,926$48,111

Median home value

$229,900$319,700

Median gross rent

$715$862

Cedar Point

Population

1,8742,005

Median household income

$78,646$91,853

Median home value

$322,600$421,400

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
Under 5	2.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	18.4%	18.1%
75 and over	12.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	90.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
No high school diploma	11.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	18.1%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
Drove alone	75.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
1-unit, detached	60.5%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Beaufort	Cedar Point
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.3%
Average household size	1.83	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1983	2001