Murraysville vs Porters Neck

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

Murraysville 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.

Murraysville has the higher population (17,307 vs 7,102 in Porters Neck). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $75,720 in Murraysville). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $281,600 in Murraysville).

Population, income & housing

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
Population	17,307	7,102
Median age	37.1 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,720	$115,417
Median home value	$281,600	$525,100
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,591
Housing units	7,601	3,415
Homeownership rate	76.5%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
Population	16,542 → 17,307 (+4.6%)	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$62,331 → $75,720 (+21.5%)	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$192,300 → $281,600 (+46.4%)	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,667 (+38.2%)	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)

Murraysville

Population

16,54217,307

Median household income

$62,331$75,720

Median home value

$192,300$281,600

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,667

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)

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
Under 5	4.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.8%
75 and over	4.6%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	89.4%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	15.7%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
Drove alone	82.5%	59.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	33.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
1-unit, detached	87.4%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Murraysville	Porters Neck
Poverty rate	4.6%	2.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	2000	2003