North Carolina · Census place 53475
Porters Neck CDP, NC
Quick answer
Porters Neck CDP has 7,102 residents, ranking #131 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $115,417, the median home is worth $525,100 and median gross rent runs $1,591 a month.
- Population
- 7,102Porters Neck CDP residents
- Median household income
- $115,417Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $525,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,591Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 52 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 79.3%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Porters Neck CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Porters Neck CDP median would spend about 16.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.3% of residents and 79.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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