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Notable locations in Beaufort: Beaufort Docks (A), Carteret County Public Library (B), North Carolina Maritime Museum (C), Schooner Shores Group Home (D), Beaufort Town Hall (E), Carteret County Criminal Court (F), Beaufort Police Department (G), Carteret County Sheriff's Office (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Beaufort include: First Baptist Church of Beaufort (A), Saint Pauls Episcopal Church (B), Queen Street Missionary Baptist Church (C), Purvis Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (D), The Beaufort Original Freewill Baptist Church (E), Grace Presbyterian Church (F), New Hope Baptist Church (G), Mount Zion Baptist Church (H), Bridgeway Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Beaufort: Rachael Carson National Estuarine Sanctuary (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Friends of the Museum NC Maritime Museum (410 Front Street), Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment - Marine Laboratory- Lib (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 135 Duke Marine Lab Road), Beaufort Historical Associates (150 Turner Street), Lookout Express (Tours & Charters; 410 Front Street).
Hotels: Elizabeth Inn (307 Front Street), Cousins B&B (Ip) (303 Turner Street), Anchorage House Bed and Breakfast (211 Turner Street).
Court: Carteret County - Court Division- Magistrates Office (402 Broad Street).
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Carteret County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Beaufort and their reported violations in the past:
BEAUFORT, TOWN OF (Address: TOWN OF BEAUFORT  , Population served: 4575, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-14-2004), St Public Notif requested (SEP-14-2004), St Public Notif received (OCT-13-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-30-2005)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-14-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-14-2002), St Public Notif received (NOV-13-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAY-31-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2003 and DEC-12-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (DEC-03-2003), St Public Notif requested (DEC-03-2003), St Compliance achieved (DEC-12-2003)
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
OUTER ISLAND GENERAL STORE (Population served: 400, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-18-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-13-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
EXPREZIT LLC (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between JAN-09-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 11 routine major monitoring violations
- 6 regular monitoring violations
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-29-2003), St Public Notif requested (AUG-29-2003), St Compliance achieved (MAR-31-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-29-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-10-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between OCT-07-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-13-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-18-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 6 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
MISSION BAPT CHURCH (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-23-2004), St Public Notif requested (NOV-23-2004)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAY-14-2003), St Public Notif requested (MAY-14-2003), St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between DEC-31-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between JUN-18-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- One routine major monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 9.8%
(11.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 3.3% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.0 people | | North Carolina: |  2.4 people |
| This town: | 52.8% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
| This town: | 4.2% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Beaufort, NC
62 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
17 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Beaufort compared to North Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Beaufort (2011 data):
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Beaufort Branch at 411 Front Street, branch established on 1934/02/21; East Beaufort Branch at U. S. Highway 70 & State Highway 101, branch established on 1972/10/02. Info updated 2011/10/11: Bank assets: $20,566.4 mil, Deposits: $17,596.8 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 433 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
- First Bank: Beaufort Branch 9 at 1503 Live Oak Street, branch established on 1898/01/01. Info updated 2011/01/25: Bank assets: $3,289.4 mil, Deposits: $2,759.1 mil, headquarters in Troy, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 98 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp
- Sound Banking Company: Beaufort Branch at 1897 Live Oak Street, branch established on 2007/07/16. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $113.5 mil, Deposits: $87.3 mil, headquarters in Morehead City, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices
- Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Beaufort Branch at 1792 Live Oak Street, branch established on 1982/03/22. Info updated 2011/04/05: Bank assets: $1,161,490.0 mil, Deposits: $905,653.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 6395 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Beaufort Branch at 617 Front Street, branch established on 1967/06/15. Info updated 2010/03/29: Bank assets: $168,867.6 mil, Deposits: $127,549.5 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1793 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
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School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Carteret County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Beaufort (based on Carteret County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 41.82%
| Here | | 41.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Original Free Will Baptists | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
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| Adherents | 28.5% | 24.4% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.6% |
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| Congregations | 20.6% | 22.7% | 1.0% | 13.4% | 6.2% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | LDS (Mormon) Church | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Other |
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| Adherents | 5.8% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 10.6% |
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| Congregations | 3.1% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 5.2% | 21.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 15 | This county: | 2.38 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | Carteret County: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Carteret County: | 0.48 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 43 | This county: | 6.81 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 96 | Carteret County: | 15.20 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Here: | 11.0% | | North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Here: | 27.3% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Carteret County: | 15.0% | | State: | 15.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $10,565 | $31,695 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
9 | $17,882 | $23,843 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
16 | $44,634 | $33,476 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $3,870 | $23,220 | 1 | $478 |
| Firefighters |
12 | $28,162 | $28,162 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
1 | $2,504 | $30,048 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
16 | $34,007 | $25,505 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
7 | $18,598 | $31,882 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $13,284 | $31,882 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
72 | $173,506 | $28,918 | 1 | $478 |
Beaufort government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $1,022,000 ($252.16)
Solid Waste Management: $286,000 ($70.57)
All Other: $5,000 ($1.23)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $700,000 ($172.71)
Police Protection: $683,000 ($168.52)
Regular Highways: $636,000 ($156.92)
Fire Protection: $498,000 ($122.87)
Solid Waste Management: $305,000 ($75.25)
Water Utilities: $300,000 ($74.02)
Central Staff Services: $228,000 ($56.25)
Financial Administration: $71,000 ($17.52)
Housing & Community Development: $50,000 ($12.34)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $40,000 ($9.87)
General - Other: $39,000 ($9.62)
Judicial and Legal Services: $27,000 ($6.66)
Parks & Recreation: $26,000 ($6.42)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $47,000 ($11.60)
Housing & Community Development: $25,000 ($6.17)
- General - Interest on Debt: $29,000 ($7.16)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $380,000 ($93.76)
All Other: $19,000 ($4.69)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $507,000 ($125.09)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $482,000 ($118.92)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $424,000 ($104.61)
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $271,000 ($66.86)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $169,000 ($41.70)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $83,000 ($20.48)
Other, NEC: $42,000 ($10.36)
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $92,000 ($22.70)
Interest Earnings: $82,000 ($20.23)
General Revenue, NEC: $77,000 ($19.00)
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $168,000 ($41.45)
Water Utilities: $124,000 ($30.59)
Police Protection: $82,000 ($20.23)
Regular Highways: $48,000 ($11.84)
Central Staff: $4,000 ($0.99)
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $1,000 ($0.25)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,603,000 ($642.24)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $438,000 ($108.07)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $143,000 ($35.28)
Highways: $129,000 ($31.83)
All Other: $4,000 ($0.99)
- Tax - Property: $1,493,000 ($368.37)
NEC: $80,000 ($19.74)
Other Selective Sales: $55,000 ($13.57)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,659,000 ($409.33)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $30,000 ($7.40)
8.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,104 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.75% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($371 average AGI)| Carteret County: | 0.10% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,569 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.32% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($385 average AGI)| Carteret County: | 0.05% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Beaufort:
- WBTB (1400 AM; 1 kW; BEAUFORT, NC; Owner: EASTERN CAROLINA BROADCASTING COMPAN)
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WJCV (1290 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: DOWN EAST BROADCASTING CO INC.)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WANG (1330 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Beaufort:
- W218AR (91.5 FM; BEAUFORT, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WTKF (107.3 FM; ATLANTIC, NC; Owner: ATLANTIC RIDGE TELECASTERS, INC.)
- WRHT (96.3 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WLGP (100.3 FM; HARKERS ISLAND, NC; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WOTJ (90.7 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WBJD (91.5 FM; ATLANTIC BEACH, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WANG-FM (105.1 FM; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRUP (97.9 FM; BAYBORO, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WNBR (94.1 FM; ORIENTAL, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W203BC (88.5 FM; BEAUFORT, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
TV broadcast stations around Beaufort:
- W05BI (Channel 5; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFXI (Channel 8; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
- WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Beaufort, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 7
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 9
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 7
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 14
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 102
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 157
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 29
- Fatalities: 110
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 273
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 16
Beaufort fatal accident list:
Jul 1, 1999 10:05 AM, Us-70, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Sep 12, 1998 10:54 PM, Turner St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Pedestrians: 2, Fatalities: 1
Feb 23, 1992 07:10 PM, W Beaufort, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jan 18, 1990 10:29 AM, E 6th St, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
May 4, 1987 04:46 PM, Second St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Aug 5, 1984 08:35 PM, Pine St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jul 11, 1975 09:30 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Beaufort
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Beaufort, NC
| Most common first names in Beaufort, NC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| William | 106 | 73.1 years |
| John | 92 | 73.2 years |
| James | 67 | 73.3 years |
| Mary | 61 | 76.0 years |
| Charles | 55 | 72.2 years |
| George | 53 | 76.2 years |
| Robert | 52 | 71.9 years |
| Joseph | 26 | 71.2 years |
| Annie | 26 | 77.9 years |
| Margaret | 26 | 75.0 years |
| Most common last names in Beaufort, NC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Gillikin | 134 | 71.4 years |
| Lewis | 93 | 74.1 years |
| Willis | 89 | 75.4 years |
| Davis | 57 | 71.5 years |
| Smith | 55 | 73.4 years |
| Lawrence | 55 | 71.9 years |
| Taylor | 46 | 76.4 years |
| Johnson | 43 | 73.8 years |
| Jones | 40 | 74.4 years |
| Mason | 34 | 77.2 years |
| Businesses in Beaufort, NC |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | | Hardee's | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | Lane Furniture | 1 |
| CVS | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| Curves | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| FedEx | 2 | | UPS | 3 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | | |
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