Neuse Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Neuse Forest had a population of 2,110. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Neuse Forest is located in southern Craven County along the south bank of the tidal Neuse River. It is bordered to the northwest by the Neuse River Recreation Area of Croatan National Forest, to the southwest by U.S. Route 70, a four-lane highway, and to the southeast by Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Neuse Forest CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.63%, is water.

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Neuse Forest racial composition

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

|-

!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 1,651

| 78.25%

|-

!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 131

| 6.21%

|-

!scope="row"| Native American

| 5

| 0.24%

|-

!scope="row"| Asian

| 62

| 2.94%

|-

!scope="row"| Pacific Islander

| 3

| 0.14%

|-

!scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 130

| 6.16%

|-

!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 128

| 6.07%

|}

As of the 2020 census, Neuse Forest had a population of 2,110. The median age was 43.0 years. 23.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.9 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 831 households in Neuse Forest, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 63.5% were married-couple households, 13.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.