Myrtle Grove vs Porters Neck

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

Myrtle Grove 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.

Myrtle Grove has the higher population (12,404 vs 7,102 in Porters Neck). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $112,139 in Myrtle Grove). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $398,600 in Myrtle Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
Population	12,404	7,102
Median age	41.7 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,139	$115,417
Median home value	$398,600	$525,100
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,591
Housing units	4,995	3,415
Homeownership rate	82.8%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
Population	10,753 → 12,404 (+15.4%)	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$78,000 → $112,139 (+43.8%)	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$280,500 → $398,600 (+42.1%)	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,180 → $1,523 (+29.1%)	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)

Myrtle Grove

Population

10,75312,404

Median household income

$78,000$112,139

Median home value

$280,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,523

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)

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	10.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.8%
75 and over	6.1%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	89.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	15.1%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
Drove alone	74.1%	59.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	33.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
1-unit, detached	89.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Grove	Porters Neck
Poverty rate	5.9%	2.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1997	2003