Broad Creek vs Cape Carteret

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

Broad Creek 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 1,963 in Broad Creek). Cape Carteret has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $57,545 in Broad Creek). Cape Carteret has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $226,000 in Broad Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
Population	1,963	2,598
Median age	51.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,545	$75,313
Median home value	$226,000	$347,500
Median gross rent	$747	$1,755
Housing units	1,088	1,284
Homeownership rate	82.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
Population	2,548 → 1,963 (-23.0%)	2,403 → 2,598 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$53,696 → $57,545 (+7.2%)	$81,923 → $75,313 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $226,000 (+43.9%)	$261,600 → $347,500 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $747 (-33.0%)	$1,601 → $1,755 (+9.6%)

Broad Creek

Population

2,5481,963

Median household income

$53,696$57,545

Median home value

$157,100$226,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$747

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)

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	17.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	17.8%	19.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
Drove alone	88.1%	86.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
1-unit, detached	64.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Broad Creek	Cape Carteret
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1993	1994