For population 25 years and over in Fairfield Harbour:
High school or higher: 97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 12.9%
Unemployed: 0.0%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.2 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Fairfield Harbour CDP:
Never married: 2.4%
Now married: 81.5%
Separated: 0.3%
Widowed: 10.8%
Divorced: 5.0%
129 residents are foreign born (2.8% North America, 2.3% Europe, 1.1% Asia).
This place:
6.5%
North Carolina:
5.3%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,220 (0.5%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,126 (0.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jacksonville, NC (33.5 miles , pop. 66,715).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (108.0 miles , pop. 276,093).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (354.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Fairfield Harbour-area historical tornado activity is slightly above North Carolina state average. It is 25% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/17/1965, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.5 miles away from the Fairfield Harbour place center killed 2 peopleand injured 85 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
On 3/28/1984, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 44.0 miles away from the place center killed 16 peopleand injured 153 peopleand causedbetween $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Fairfield Harbour-area historical earthquake activity is 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 11.9 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Craven County (16) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10 Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 12, Floods: 2, Snowfall: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fairfield Harbour:
CAROLINA EAST MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 13 miles away; NEW BERN, NC)
CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 27 miles away; MOREHEAD CITY, NC)
BEAUFORT COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 32 miles away; WASHINGTON, NC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fairfield Harbour:
Pitt Community College (about 42 miles; Winterville, NC; Full-time enrollment: 4,389)
East Carolina University (about 44 miles; Greenville, NC; FT enrollment: 20,942)
Wayne Community College (about 61 miles; Goldsboro, NC; FT enrollment: 2,008)
Mount Olive College (about 64 miles; Mount Olive, NC; FT enrollment: 2,812)
University of North Carolina-Wilmington (about 79 miles; Wilmington, NC; FT enrollment: 11,028)
Cape Fear Community College (about 82 miles; Wilmington, NC; FT enrollment: 3,987)
Johnston Community College (about 84 miles; Smithfield, NC; FT enrollment: 2,166)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 0.917. This is significantly better than average.
City:
0.917
U.S.:
31.959
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 0.626. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 21.3 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.626
U.S.:
2.433
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 0.7%
(0.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.0 people
North Carolina:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
72.2%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
2.3%
Whole state:
4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Fairfield Harbour (based on Craven County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 43.34%
Here
43.3%
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
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents
24.7%
21.6%
13.5%
9.3%
5.3%
Congregations
12.1%
18.1%
1.7%
12.1%
5.2%
Name
Episcopal Church
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
LDS (Mormon) Church
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Other
Adherents
4.8%
4.2%
2.4%
2.2%
12.0%
Congregations
3.4%
9.5%
1.7%
3.4%
32.8%
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: 23
This county:
2.39 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
2.05 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
Craven County:
0.21 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7
Craven County:
0.73 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 55
This county:
5.71 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
4.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 63
Craven County:
6.54 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
7.57 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:
10.3%
North Carolina:
9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Here:
30.3%
North Carolina:
28.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Craven County:
13.1%
State:
15.6%
11.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,500 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
11.29%
North Carolina average:
8.53%
0.56% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,437 average AGI)
Craven County:
0.56%
North Carolina average:
0.17%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
