Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $931 (0.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,031 (0.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jacksonville, NC (21.6 miles , pop. 66,715).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (119.3 miles , pop. 276,093).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (381.0 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Bogue-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 1% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/17/1965, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 23.3 miles away from the Bogue town center killed 2 peopleand injured 85 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
On 9/15/1999, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 6.8 miles away from the town center caused $300,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Bogue-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 97% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/6/1994 at 19:54:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.6 LG, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 30.2 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Carteret County (13) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7 Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 12, Snowfall: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bogue:
CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 16 miles away; MOREHEAD CITY, NC)
ONSLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 22 miles away; JACKSONVILLE, NC)
CAROLINA EAST MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 29 miles away; NEW BERN, NC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bogue:
University of North Carolina-Wilmington (about 59 miles; Wilmington, NC; Full-time enrollment: 11,028)
Cape Fear Community College (about 62 miles; Wilmington, NC; FT enrollment: 3,987)
Pitt Community College (about 63 miles; Winterville, NC; FT enrollment: 4,389)
East Carolina University (about 66 miles; Greenville, NC; FT enrollment: 20,942)
Mount Olive College (about 69 miles; Mount Olive, NC; FT enrollment: 2,812)
Wayne Community College (about 71 miles; Goldsboro, NC; FT enrollment: 2,008)
Johnston Community College (about 93 miles; Smithfield, NC; FT enrollment: 2,166)
Carteret County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 0.0%
(0.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This town:
2.6 people
North Carolina:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This town:
77.9%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:
5.4%
Whole state:
4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Bogue (based on Carteret County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 41.82%
Here
41.8%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
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
Adherents
28.5%
24.4%
7.2%
6.7%
6.6%
Congregations
20.6%
22.7%
1.0%
13.4%
6.2%
Name
Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church (USA)
LDS (Mormon) Church
National Association of Free Will Baptists
Other
Adherents
5.8%
4.6%
3.1%
2.5%
10.6%
Congregations
3.1%
4.1%
2.1%
5.2%
21.6%
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
Other Government Administration
0
$0
1
$2,000
Totals for Government
0
$0
1
$2,000
Bogue government finances in 2002:
Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $24,000 ($34.99)
Regular Highways: $22,000 ($32.07)
Financial Administration: $2,000 ($2.92)
General - Other: $1,000 ($1.46)
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $5,000 ($7.29)
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $3,000 ($4.37)
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $182,000 ($265.31)
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $21,000 ($30.61)
General Support: $14,000 ($20.41)
Tax - Property: $19,000 ($27.70)
NEC: $2,000 ($2.92)
Other Selective Sales: $1,000 ($1.46)
Total Salaries & Wages: $9,000 ($13.12)
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:
