Cedar Point is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,764. In 2022, the population estimate was 2,198.
In 2024, real estate developers in Cedar Point disturbed the site of an ancient Native American settlement. The discovery led to controversy over the continuance of the housing development and calls for new regulations to protect historical sites. Several state lawmakers pushed for construction to resume, with one legislator receiving campaign contributions from the project's developers in 2022.
Geography
Cedar Point is located at the western end of Carteret County. It is bordered to the north by the town of Peletier and to the east by the town of Cape Carteret. To the south is Bogue Sound, crossed by the B. Cameron Langston Bridge to Emerald Isle, and to the west is the tidal White Oak River, crossed by North Carolina Highway 24, leading to the town of Swansboro in Onslow County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Cedar Point has a total area of , of which , or 0.23%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Cedar Point racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 1,516
| 85.94%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 17
| 0.96%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 8
| 0.45%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 17
| 0.96%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 1
| 0.06%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 121
| 6.86%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 84
| 4.76%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Cedar Point had a population of 1,764. The median age was 45.3 years. 23.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 86.8 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 719 households in Cedar Point, including 557 family households, and 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 60.9% were married-couple households, 13.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.