New Bern vs Trent Woods

A side-by-side comparison of New Bern and Trent Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

New Bern and Trent Woods are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Bern has the higher population (31,563 vs 4,086 in Trent Woods). Trent Woods has the higher median household income ($109,097 vs $56,893 in New Bern). Trent Woods has the higher median home value ($294,200 vs $211,500 in New Bern).

Population, income & housing

	New Bern	Trent Woods
Population	31,563	4,086
Median age	40.4 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,893	$109,097
Median home value	$211,500	$294,200
Median gross rent	$1,068	$1,342
Housing units	16,314	1,867
Homeownership rate	60.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Bern	Trent Woods
Population	29,895 → 31,563 (+5.6%)	4,050 → 4,086 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$43,204 → $56,893 (+31.7%)	$90,119 → $109,097 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $211,500 (+35.7%)	$237,800 → $294,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,068 (+24.3%)	$1,292 → $1,342 (+3.9%)

New Bern

Population

29,89531,563

Median household income

$43,204$56,893

Median home value

$155,900$211,500

Median gross rent

$859$1,068

Trent Woods

Population

4,0504,086

Median household income

$90,119$109,097

Median home value

$237,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Bern	Trent Woods
Under 5	6.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	18.9%
75 and over	10.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Bern	Trent Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	53.6%	99.0%
Black or African American	28.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Bern	Trent Woods
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.2%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Bern	Trent Woods
Drove alone	81.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.1%
Other means	2.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Bern	Trent Woods
1-unit, detached	65.2%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	New Bern	Trent Woods
Poverty rate	16.3%	1.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1990	1978