Cape Carteret vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (4,428 vs 2,598 in Cape Carteret). Newport has the higher median household income ($76,091 vs $75,313 in Cape Carteret). Cape Carteret has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $245,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Carteret	Newport
Population	2,598	4,428
Median age	47.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$76,091
Median home value	$347,500	$245,300
Median gross rent	$1,755	$784
Housing units	1,284	1,901
Homeownership rate	80.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Carteret	Newport
Population	2,403 → 2,598 (+8.1%)	4,606 → 4,428 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$81,923 → $75,313 (-8.1%)	$58,438 → $76,091 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$261,600 → $347,500 (+32.8%)	$146,000 → $245,300 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,601 → $1,755 (+9.6%)	$916 → $784 (-14.4%)

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

Newport

Population

4,6064,428

Median household income

$58,438$76,091

Median home value

$146,000$245,300

Median gross rent

$916$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Carteret	Newport
Under 5	3.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	19.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Carteret	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Carteret	Newport
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	17.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Carteret	Newport
Drove alone	86.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Carteret	Newport
1-unit, detached	95.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cape Carteret	Newport
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1994	1990