Cape Carteret is a town in Carteret County, on the southern coast of North Carolina, United States. It was incorporated in 1959 and had a population of 2,224 as of the 2020 census.
Geography
Cape Carteret is located in western Carteret County. It is bordered to the north by Pettiford Creek and the Croatan National Forest; to the east by Bogue, and to the west by Cedar Point. To the south is Bogue Sound, with the town of Emerald Isle on the opposite shore, connected to Cape Carteret by the B. Cameron Langston Bridge carrying North Carolina Highway 58. NC 58 leads north to U.S. Route 17 at Maysville. North Carolina Highway 24 leads east to Morehead City and west to Jacksonville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Cape Carteret has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.04%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Cape Carteret had a population of 2,224. The median age was 50.2 years. 19.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 29.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.1 males age 18 and over.
99.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.4% lived in rural areas.
There were 920 households in Cape Carteret, including 695 families, of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 62.0% were married-couple households, 11.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.