What the Pros Know

69,615

Population

0.4% YoY

2023

48.5

Median Age

1.8% YoY

2022

$66,965

Median Household Income

8.3% YoY

2022

32,966

Labor Force

0.6% MoM

2.9% YoY

7/2025

31,879

Employed

0.3% MoM

2.7% YoY

7/2025

3.3%

Unemployment Rate

5.7% MoM

5.7% YoY

7/2025

$420,000

Median Sale Price

14.3% MoM

11.6% YoY

8/2025

122

Homes Sold

6.1% MoM

14.0% YoY

8/2025

3.4

Months Inventory

8.6% MoM

1.7% YoY

8/2025

48

Days on Market

13 MoM

11 YoY

8/2025

409

Listings

6.2% MoM

7.3% YoY

8/2025

236

Price per Sq Ft

4.1% MoM

1.9% YoY

8/2025

Go deeper with



Cities included in Carteret County: Morehead City, Beaufort, Newport, Emerald Isle, Cape Carteret, Broad Creek, Cedar Point, Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, Brandywine Bay, Harkers Island, Bogue, Peletier, Atlantic, Gloucester, Marshallberg, Davis, Indian Beach


Zip Codes included in Carteret County: [Click for zip code level data] 28511, 28512, 28516, 28520, 28524, 28528, 28531, 28553, 28557, 28570, 28575, 28577, 28579, 28581, 28584, 28589, 28594


 1.  Population Data from U.S. Census Bureau.
 2.  Employment Data from Bureau of Labor and Statistics
 3.  Sales Data provided by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage.

MoM = Month over Month. The percentage change from the previous month to the current month.
YoY = Year over Year. The percentage change from the same period the previous year to the current period.

Share This