Northchase vs Porters Neck

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

Northchase 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.

Porters Neck has the higher population (7,102 vs 5,879 in Northchase). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $56,659 in Northchase). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $286,700 in Northchase).

Population, income & housing

	Northchase	Porters Neck
Population	5,879	7,102
Median age	28.9 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,659	$115,417
Median home value	$286,700	$525,100
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,591
Housing units	2,531	3,415
Homeownership rate	43.5%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northchase	Porters Neck
Population	3,614 → 5,879 (+62.7%)	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$52,717 → $56,659 (+7.5%)	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $286,700 (+50.6%)	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,342 (+42.6%)	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)

Northchase

Population

3,6145,879

Median household income

$52,717$56,659

Median home value

$190,400$286,700

Median gross rent

$941$1,342

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)

	Northchase	Porters Neck
Under 5	2.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	30.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.8%
75 and over	5.5%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northchase	Porters Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	89.4%
Black or African American	29.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northchase	Porters Neck
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.5%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northchase	Porters Neck
Drove alone	71.9%	59.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	33.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northchase	Porters Neck
1-unit, detached	36.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	21.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Northchase	Porters Neck
Poverty rate	21.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1999	2003