Kings Grant vs Porters Neck

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Grant and Porters Neck: population, income, housing, and more.

Kings Grant and Porters Neck are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kings Grant has the higher population (9,061 vs 7,102 in Porters Neck). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $60,009 in Kings Grant). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $258,200 in Kings Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
Population	9,061	7,102
Median age	37.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,009	$115,417
Median home value	$258,200	$525,100
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,591
Housing units	4,324	3,415
Homeownership rate	64.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
Population	8,647 → 9,061 (+4.8%)	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$58,365 → $60,009 (+2.8%)	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $258,200 (+48.4%)	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,290 (+10.8%)	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)

Kings Grant

Population

8,6479,061

Median household income

$58,365$60,009

Median home value

$174,000$258,200

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,290

Porters Neck

Population

7,5387,102

Median household income

$90,841$115,417

Median home value

$379,200$525,100

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
Under 5	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	17.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.8%
75 and over	5.3%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	8.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
No high school diploma	20.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
Drove alone	66.8%	59.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	33.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
1-unit, detached	73.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kings Grant	Porters Neck
Poverty rate	14.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1980	2003