Brandywine Bay vs Cape Carteret

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

Brandywine Bay 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.

Cape Carteret has the higher population (2,598 vs 1,404 in Brandywine Bay). Brandywine Bay has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $75,313 in Cape Carteret). Cape Carteret has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $330,900 in Brandywine Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
Population	1,404	2,598
Median age	54.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,125	$75,313
Median home value	$330,900	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,929	$1,755
Housing units	744	1,284
Homeownership rate	91.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
Population	1,322 → 1,404 (+6.2%)	2,403 → 2,598 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $88,125 (+21.6%)	$81,923 → $75,313 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$257,600 → $330,900 (+28.5%)	$261,600 → $347,500 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $1,929 (+15.9%)	$1,601 → $1,755 (+9.6%)

Brandywine Bay

Population

1,3221,404

Median household income

$72,500$88,125

Median home value

$257,600$330,900

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,929

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)

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
Under 5	3.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	5.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	1.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	22.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	20.4%	19.7%
75 and over	18.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	14.9%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
Drove alone	83.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
1-unit, detached	75.8%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandywine Bay	Cape Carteret
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	2002	1994