Cape Carteret vs Cedar Point

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

Cape Carteret 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.

Cape Carteret has the higher population (2,598 vs 2,005 in Cedar Point). Cedar Point has the higher median household income ($91,853 vs $75,313 in Cape Carteret). Cedar Point has the higher median home value ($421,400 vs $347,500 in Cape Carteret).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
Population	2,598	2,005
Median age	47.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$91,853
Median home value	$347,500	$421,400
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,341
Housing units	1,284	1,172
Homeownership rate	80.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
Population	2,403 → 2,598 (+8.1%)	1,874 → 2,005 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$81,923 → $75,313 (-8.1%)	$78,646 → $91,853 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$261,600 → $347,500 (+32.8%)	$322,600 → $421,400 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,601 → $1,755 (+9.6%)	$1,219 → $1,341 (+10.0%)

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

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)

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
Under 5	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	19.7%	18.1%
75 and over	8.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.9%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
Drove alone	86.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
1-unit, detached	95.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Cape Carteret	Cedar Point
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1994	2001