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Morehead City is a big small town of 9,806 people in Carteret County, North Carolina. It's about 37 miles from Jacksonville, NC and 132 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $357k and rent runs about $1k a month.
9,806people
$357kTypical home
$1,134/moRent
86° / 55°Summer / winter
1"Snow
232Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,806
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,323 people per sq mi
- 132 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 37 mi to Jacksonville, NC
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $357k (≈$2,254/mo)
- Median rent $1,134/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (261 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,845 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 23% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to EWN airport
- 140 mi to RDU (major hub)
- 95 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 26 ft
- Right on the coast
- 132 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 192 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 149 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carteret County: R+43 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk