Morehead City vs Newport

A side-by-side comparison of Morehead City and Newport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morehead City has the higher population (9,696 vs 4,428 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($76,091 vs $53,718 in Morehead City). Morehead City has the higher median home value ($330,900 vs $245,300 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Morehead City	Newport
Population	9,696	4,428
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,718	$76,091
Median home value	$330,900	$245,300
Median gross rent	$1,122	$784
Housing units	6,254	1,901
Homeownership rate	47.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morehead City	Newport
Population	9,413 → 9,696 (+3.0%)	4,606 → 4,428 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$42,985 → $53,718 (+25.0%)	$58,438 → $76,091 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$225,200 → $330,900 (+46.9%)	$146,000 → $245,300 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,122 (+30.0%)	$916 → $784 (-14.4%)

Morehead City

Population

9,4139,696

Median household income

$42,985$53,718

Median home value

$225,200$330,900

Median gross rent

$863$1,122

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)

	Morehead City	Newport
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.4%
75 and over	11.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morehead City	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	5.5%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morehead City	Newport
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morehead City	Newport
Drove alone	82.9%	85.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morehead City	Newport
1-unit, detached	50.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Morehead City	Newport
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.9%
Average household size	1.89	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1984	1990