Brices Creek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brices Creek had a population of 3,542. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Brices Creek is located in central Craven County. It is bordered to the north by the tidal Trent River, across which is the town of Trent Woods. New Bern, the county seat, is to the northeast. The CDP is bordered on the west by Croatan National Forest in Jones County. The waterway of Brices Creek flows across the eastern part of the CDP, into the Trent River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.90%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Brices Creek racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 2,941
| 83.03%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 268
| 7.57%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 5
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 48
| 1.36%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 1
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 163
| 4.6%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 116
| 3.27%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Brices Creek had a population of 3,542. The median age was 45.5 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.
There were 1,300 households in Brices Creek, of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 72.9% were married-couple households, 9.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 14.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 14.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.