Ogden vs Porters Neck

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

Ogden 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.

Ogden has the higher population (8,363 vs 7,102 in Porters Neck). Porters Neck has the higher median household income ($115,417 vs $111,461 in Ogden). Porters Neck has the higher median home value ($525,100 vs $431,000 in Ogden).

Population, income & housing

	Ogden	Porters Neck
Population	8,363	7,102
Median age	45.7 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,461	$115,417
Median home value	$431,000	$525,100
Median gross rent	$2,143	$1,591
Housing units	3,422	3,415
Homeownership rate	88.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogden	Porters Neck
Population	8,408 → 8,363 (-0.5%)	7,538 → 7,102 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$95,425 → $111,461 (+16.8%)	$90,841 → $115,417 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $431,000 (+30.1%)	$379,200 → $525,100 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $2,143 (+88.0%)	$1,167 → $1,591 (+36.3%)

Ogden

Population

8,4088,363

Median household income

$95,425$111,461

Median home value

$331,300$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$2,143

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)

	Ogden	Porters Neck
Under 5	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.9%	10.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	12.8%
75 and over	6.7%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogden	Porters Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogden	Porters Neck
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.7%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogden	Porters Neck
Drove alone	66.3%	59.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	33.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogden	Porters Neck
1-unit, detached	94.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ogden	Porters Neck
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1994	2003