Cape Carteret vs Pine Knoll Shores

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

Cape Carteret and Pine Knoll Shores 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 1,387 in Pine Knoll Shores). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $75,313 in Cape Carteret). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $347,500 in Cape Carteret).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	2,598	1,387
Median age	47.6 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$108,393
Median home value	$347,500	$583,900
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,792
Housing units	1,284	2,134
Homeownership rate	80.6%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	2,403 → 2,598 (+8.1%)	1,343 → 1,387 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$81,923 → $75,313 (-8.1%)	$75,313 → $108,393 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$261,600 → $347,500 (+32.8%)	$387,600 → $583,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,601 → $1,755 (+9.6%)	$1,214 → $1,792 (+47.6%)

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

Pine Knoll Shores

Population

1,3431,387

Median household income

$75,313$108,393

Median home value

$387,600$583,900

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
Under 5	3.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	7.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	22.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	24.4%
75 and over	8.9%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
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	2.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.4%
High school graduate	17.9%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
Drove alone	86.7%	65.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
1-unit, detached	95.0%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cape Carteret	Pine Knoll Shores
Poverty rate	7.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1994	1984