Cove City vs Neuse Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Cove City and Neuse Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neuse Forest has the higher population (2,406 vs 583 in Cove City). Neuse Forest has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $50,893 in Cove City). Neuse Forest has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $78,800 in Cove City).

Population, income & housing

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
Population	583	2,406
Median age	55.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,893	$88,333
Median home value	$78,800	$194,200
Median gross rent	$916	$986
Housing units	248	824
Homeownership rate	66.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
Population	449 → 583 (+29.8%)	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $50,893 (+1.8%)	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $78,800 (+0.6%)	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $916 (+14.9%)	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)

Cove City

Population

449583

Median household income

$50,000$50,893

Median home value

$78,300$78,800

Median gross rent

$797$916

Neuse Forest

Population

1,5362,406

Median household income

$75,114$88,333

Median home value

$218,900$194,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
Under 5	3.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	25.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	24.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.0%
75 and over	17.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	28.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
Drove alone	76.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	17.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
1-unit, detached	64.9%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cove City	Neuse Forest
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1987	1991