Fairfield Harbour vs Neuse Forest

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

Fairfield Harbour 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.

Fairfield Harbour has the higher population (2,898 vs 2,406 in Neuse Forest). Neuse Forest has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $69,661 in Fairfield Harbour). Fairfield Harbour has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $194,200 in Neuse Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
Population	2,898	2,406
Median age	61.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,661	$88,333
Median home value	$278,800	$194,200
Median gross rent	$1,527	$986
Housing units	1,890	824
Homeownership rate	91.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
Population	2,770 → 2,898 (+4.6%)	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$66,716 → $69,661 (+4.4%)	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $278,800 (+34.2%)	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,527 (+18.1%)	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)

Fairfield Harbour

Population

2,7702,898

Median household income

$66,716$69,661

Median home value

$207,700$278,800

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,527

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)

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	3.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	3.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	22.3%	14.0%
75 and over	20.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	15.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
Drove alone	76.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	5.3%
Other means	1.2%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
1-unit, detached	87.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
Poverty rate	5.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1992	1991