New Bern, NC (North Carolina) Houses and Residents

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New Bern Apartments for Rent

Total population: 28,586 (Urban population: 27,620 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 966 (all nonfarm))

New Bern, North Carolina Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 11,043 (9,958 occupied: 5,602 owner occupied, 4,356 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	44%
State:	31%

Housing density: 428 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $189,142.

Median contract rent in 2007: $443 (lower quartile is $242, upper quartile is $581)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $483

Median gross rent in New Bern, NC in 2007: $634

Housing units in New Bern with a mortgage: 3,148 (368 second mortgage, 404 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,558

New Bern,NC index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $144,510 (it was $79,200 in 2000)

New Bern:	$144,510
North Carolina:	$145,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $90,766 - $227,087

Household type by relationship

Households: 22,334

In family households: 17,889 (3,857 male householders, 2,293 female householders)
4,141 spouses, 6,028 children (5,724 natural, 88 adopted, 216 stepchildren), 499 grandchildren, 225 brothers or sisters, 169 parents, 287 other relatives, 390 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,445 (1,439 male householders (1,214 living alone)), 2,455 female householders (2,195 living alone)), 551 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 575 (355 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,052 2-persons, 1,408 3-persons, 1,013 4-persons, 464 5-persons, 171 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,409 1-person, 411 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons.

2,527 married couples with children.
2,230 single-parent households (209 men, 2,021 women).

94.5% of residents of New Bern speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 833 (3.6%)
(35.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in New Bern, North Carolina:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 42 3 rooms: 119 4 rooms: 474 5 rooms: 1,662 6 rooms: 1,499 7 rooms: 840 8 rooms: 556 9 or more rooms: 401

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in New Bern, North Carolina:
	1 room: 98 2 rooms: 354 3 rooms: 859 4 rooms: 1,482 5 rooms: 813 6 rooms: 458 7 rooms: 191 8 rooms: 43 9 or more rooms: 58

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 469
1995 to 1998: 1,100
1990 to 1994: 960
1980 to 1989: 2,161
1970 to 1979: 1,519
1960 to 1969: 1,242
1950 to 1959: 1,218
1940 to 1949: 1,054
1939 or earlier: 1,320

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in New Bern:
	no bedroom: 29 1 bedroom: 136 2 bedrooms: 1,118 3 bedrooms: 3,524 4 bedrooms: 700 5 or more bedrooms: 95

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in New Bern:
	no bedroom: 98 1 bedroom: 1,249 2 bedrooms: 1,937 3 bedrooms: 884 4 bedrooms: 143 5 or more bedrooms: 45

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in New Bern in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 372 1 vehicle: 1,842 2 vehicles: 2,643 3 vehicles: 570 4 vehicles: 135 5 or more vehicles: 40

Cars and other vehicles available in New Bern in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,224 1 vehicle: 2,167 2 vehicles: 722 3 vehicles: 219 4 vehicles: 18 5 or more vehicles: 6

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in New Bern, NC:

Less than $10,000: 77
$10,000 to $14,999: 39
$15,000 to $19,999: 35
$20,000 to $24,999: 29
$25,000 to $29,999: 45
$30,000 to $34,999: 60
$35,000 to $39,999: 73
$40,000 to $49,999: 170
$50,000 to $59,999: 196
$60,000 to $69,999: 188
$70,000 to $79,999: 223
$80,000 to $89,999: 243
$90,000 to $99,999: 322
$100,000 to $124,999: 959
$125,000 to $149,999: 981
$150,000 to $174,999: 666
$175,000 to $199,999: 444
$200,000 to $249,999: 650
$250,000 to $299,999: 461
$300,000 to $399,999: 373
$400,000 to $499,999: 322
$500,000 to $749,999: 275
$750,000 to $999,999: 62
$1,000,000 or more: 33

New Bern rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in New Bern:

Less than $100: 225 people
$100 to $149: 301
$150 to $199: 312
$200 to $249: 244
$250 to $299: 314
$300 to $349: 263
$350 to $399: 420
$400 to $449: 554
$450 to $499: 506
$500 to $549: 439
$550 to $599: 395
$600 to $649: 303
$650 to $699: 317
$700 to $749: 151
$750 to $799: 65
$800 to $899: 100
$900 to $999: 54
$1,000 to $1,249: 34
$1,250 to $1,499: 31
$1,500 to $1,999: 38
$2,000 or more: 43
No cash rent: 217

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 318 1990 to 1994: 108 1985 to 1989: 91 1980 to 1984: 106 1975 to 1979: 46 1970 to 1974: 22 1970 to 1974: 12 1965 to 1969: 130

New Bern, NC Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.7%
Number of people working at home: 256 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 454
5 to 9 minutes: 2045
10 to 14 minutes: 2653
15 to 19 minutes: 1524
20 to 24 minutes: 657
25 to 29 minutes: 225
30 to 34 minutes: 701
35 to 39 minutes: 70
40 to 44 minutes: 86
45 to 59 minutes: 368
60 to 89 minutes: 250
90 or more minutes: 276

New Bern mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,204 (75%)
Carpooled: 1,578 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 33 (0%)
Taxi: 78 (1%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 75 (1%)
Walked: 276 (3%)
Other means: 58 (1%)
Worked at home: 256 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1708
$10,000 to $14,999: 876
$15,000 to $19,999: 834
$20,000 to $24,999: 905
$25,000 to $29,999: 813
$30,000 to $34,999: 691
$35,000 to $39,999: 471
$40,000 to $44,999: 609
$45,000 to $49,999: 379
$50,000 to $59,999: 886
$60,000 to $74,999: 730
$75,000 to $99,999: 580
$100,000 to $124,999: 144
$125,000 to $149,999: 156
$150,000 to $199,999: 94
$200,000 or more: 168

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 8935

United States or American: 2312

English: 2033

German: 1331

Irish: 1311

Scottish: 387

Polish: 334

Italian: 334

Scotch-Irish: 263

French (except Basque): 258

Subsaharan African:: 256

African: 245

Norwegian: 106

Swedish: 98

French Canadian: 79

Welsh: 77

Swiss: 71

Dutch: 70

Portuguese: 52

Danish: 48

British: 45

European: 42

Austrian: 38

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 33

Jamaican: 25

Croatian: 25

Hungarian: 20

Ukrainian: 15

Russian: 13

Greek: 12

Arab:: 11

Lebanese: 11

Ghanian: 11

Canadian: 9

Czechoslovakian: 9

Celtic: 8

West Indian: 8

Finnish: 7

Acadian/Cajun: 7

Czech: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (24%)
Colombia (10%)
Germany (8%)
Korea (6%)
Pakistan (6%)
Honduras (5%)
Poland (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 14362
Northeast: 3042
Midwest: 1203
South: 2698
West: 508

53% of New Bern residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in North Carolina.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 85
Nursery to 4th grade: 70
5th and 6th grade: 155
7th and 8th grade: 208
9th grade: 183
10th grade: 215
11th grade: 227
12th grade, no diploma: 209
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,890
Less than 1 year of college: 468
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,067
Associate degree: 457
Bachelor's degree: 1,053
Master's degree: 345
Professional school degree: 196
Doctorate degree: 84

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 127
Nursery to 4th grade: 51
5th and 6th grade: 119
7th and 8th grade: 269
9th grade: 301
10th grade: 398
11th grade: 331
12th grade, no diploma: 245
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,274
Less than 1 year of college: 575
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,375
Associate degree: 695
Bachelor's degree: 1,388
Master's degree: 374
Professional school degree: 86
Doctorate degree: 56

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.7%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 24.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 14.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $48,506
Black householders: $23,666
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $6,929
Asian householders: $34,584
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $48,681
Some other race householders: $41,420
Two or more races householders: $39,546
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $37,768

New Bern household income for White non-Hispanic householders

New Bern household income for Black householders

New Bern marital status for males

New Bern marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $171,696
Black or African American householders: $119,330
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $96,157
Asian householders: $134,657
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $155,092
Some other race householders: $199,613
Two or more races householders: $176,440
Hispanic or Latino householders: $199,613

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,518
One, attached: 439
Two: 446
3 or 4: 760
5 to 9: 1,135
10 to 19: 315
20 to 49: 244
50 or more: 216
Mobile homes: 970

Median worth of mobile homes: $28,137

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in New Bern:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (51%) Utility gas (23%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (59%) Utility gas (26%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 197

Here:	7.7%
North Carolina:	8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45

Here:	4.0%
North Carolina:	6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 78

Here:	7.6%
North Carolina:	20.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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