City safety & data profile
New BernNC
New Bern, NC is a 30K-resident city in Craven County with a median household income of $61,031.
Craven County, North Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for New Bern, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. New Bern has a population larger than 63% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $240,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 30K
- Population (place)
- Top 37%
- By size
- $61,031
- Median income (place)
- $240,100
- Median home (place)
- 17.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on New Bern
New Bern posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the New Bern area.
- Bottom 25%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near New Bern
Composite score · New Bern, NC
30/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how New Bern stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where New Bern income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$61,031 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in NC
87 NC places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
911,311 residents
- Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
482,295 residents
- Greensboro 285,342
Greensboro, NC
285,342 residents
- Durham 257,636
Durham, NC
257,636 residents
- Winston-Salem 241,218
Winston-Salem, NC
241,218 residents
- Fayetteville 201,963
Fayetteville, NC
201,963 residents
- Cary 159,769
Cary, NC
159,769 residents
- Wilmington 115,933
Wilmington, NC
115,933 residents
- High Point 110,268
High Point, NC
110,268 residents
- Asheville 95,056
Asheville, NC
95,056 residents
What this shows Charlotte tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Weddington instead.
Income ranking: NC
Median household income among the same 87-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Weddington
Weddington, NC
$190,766 median
- Davidson
Davidson, NC
$166,556 median
- Summerfield
Summerfield, NC
$160,275 median
- Harrisburg
Harrisburg, NC
$148,254 median
- Apex
Apex, NC
$144,135 median
- Holly Springs
Holly Springs, NC
$135,578 median
- Cary
Cary, NC
$134,905 median
- Waxhaw
Waxhaw, NC
$131,894 median
- Morrisville
Morrisville, NC
$125,396 median
- Wake Forest
Wake Forest, NC
$123,802 median
What this shows Weddington leads this pool on median income; Charlotte is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading New Bern, NC beyond the headline numbers
New Bern sits inside Craven County, North Carolina, at roughly 35.11°N, -77.04°W. Population 30,070, $61,031 median household income. Median home value $240,100, median rent $1,081. Poverty rate 17.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around New Bern, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 62.7°F annual average, 53.1" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.5% in New Bern, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
17.3% of New Bern, NC residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
A typical renter in New Bern, NC pays $1,081/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Remote work covers 8.8% of New Bern workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Public transit carries 0.1% of New Bern workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Unemployment in New Bern sits at 4.4%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
29.4% of New Bern adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
The median home in New Bern costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for New Bern from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Craven County): New Bern's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
The clearest outlier in New Bern's numbers is poverty rate: 17.3%, which is 40% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $61,031, 32% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 17.3% +40% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 29.4% |
| Work From Home | 8.8% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 202310.1% below national average
Metro area: New Bern, NC (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-level2,849 flood insurance claims have been filed in Craven County since 2016, with $201.6M paid out by the NFIP.
The largest single contributor was Hurricane Florence, accounting for 2,721 claims.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect New Bern?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for New Bern right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet NC-NEW-BERN · New Bern
New Bern: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to New Bern; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse North Carolina state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 9
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for New Bern, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NC (17.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NC ($61,031 here).
Compare New Bern with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Places 8
Using New Bern's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the New Bern area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare New Bern against North Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore North Carolina
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Craven County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.