Carteret County vs Franklin County

A side-by-side comparison of Carteret County and Franklin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Carteret County and Franklin County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Franklin County has the higher population (71,962 vs 68,652 in Carteret County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($71,386 vs $70,235 in Carteret County). Carteret County has the higher median home value ($304,200 vs $240,900 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Carteret County	Franklin County
Population	68,652	71,962
Median age	50.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,235	$71,386
Median home value	$304,200	$240,900
Median gross rent	$1,062	$988
Housing units	51,615	30,790
Homeownership rate	73.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carteret County	Franklin County
Population	69,070 → 68,652 (-0.6%)	66,362 → 71,962 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$57,194 → $70,235 (+22.8%)	$55,193 → $71,386 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$214,100 → $304,200 (+42.1%)	$150,400 → $240,900 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,062 (+17.7%)	$829 → $988 (+19.2%)

Carteret County

Population

69,07068,652

Median household income

$57,194$70,235

Median home value

$214,100$304,200

Median gross rent

$902$1,062

Franklin County

Population

66,36271,962

Median household income

$55,193$71,386

Median home value

$150,400$240,900

Median gross rent

$829$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carteret County	Franklin County
Under 5	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.7%
75 and over	10.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carteret County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	61.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carteret County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carteret County	Franklin County
Drove alone	80.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carteret County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	60.8%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Carteret County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1989	1995