County · North Carolina

Craven County, North Carolina

Craven County, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 52 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,506 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Carolina it ranks #35 of 100 counties. It ranks best on mammography screening (high), comfortable days (high) and flu vaccinations (high). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and students per teacher (high).

52Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,506 of 3,143 counties
North Carolina: #35 of 100 in NC
Population: 105,025 (2025)
Land area: 707 mi²
Density: 148.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 37049

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety18#2,554/3,096
Economy53#1,470/3,143
Housing31#2,160/3,140
Health43#1,803/3,144
Healthcare74#810/3,143
Environment58#1,298/3,108
Education57#1,363/3,144
Infrastructure53#1,463/3,144
Community71#898/3,144
Leisure & amenities59#1,289/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Craven County, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mammography screening · high63.0%
99/100North Carolina 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high31.7%
91/100North Carolina 30.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Flu vaccinations · high50.0%
89/100North Carolina 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · high87.8%
87/100North Carolina 78.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high339 /100k
81/100North Carolina 351 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.0 µg/m³
80/100North Carolina 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high98.8
1/100North Carolina 45.12025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high216 min
6/100North Carolina 189 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Students per teacher · high17.6×
9/100North Carolina 16.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Injury deaths · high129 /100k
14/100North Carolina 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Homicide rate · high9.8 /100k
15/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Premature death · high12,828 /100k
18/100North Carolina 9,400 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
20% (2021) → 75% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+55 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
72.7% (2010 & 2021) → 87.8% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedImproving
3.1 /1k (2021) → 5.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
60.8 /100k (2021) → 21.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
20.8% (Dec 2021) → 32.4% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Property crime rateImproving
2,234 /100k (2020) → 1,219 /100k (2025)
−45%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Craven County, North Carolina improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 17 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Uninsured−3.7 points12.9% → 9.2%
Overdose deaths−51%43.9 /100k → 21.5 /100k
Violent crime−30%406 /100k → 283 /100k
Property crime−45%2,234 /100k → 1,219 /100k
Unemployment−2.6 points6.5% → 3.9%

Declined2

Students / teacher+1.2×16.3× → 17.6×
Price / income+0.5×3.0× → 3.5×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Craven County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.1 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	36%
Average commute time	20.5 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Average weekly wage	$9172020	$1,0992025	+20%	Improved	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Improved	42%
Broadband subscriptions	81.4%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	20.0%2019	16.6%2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Distance to an airport	74 mi2020	74 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	43.9 /100k2020	21.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	41%
Firearm deaths	25.9 /100k2020	18.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	87%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	60%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+38%	Within the margin of error	82%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	36%
Homicide rate	15.0 /100k2020	9.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−35%	Within the margin of error	58%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,1342019	$70,0482024	+32%	Improved	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4502020-2024	−0.004	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$53,3722019	$65,6612024	+23%	Improved	39%
New business applications	9.0 /1k2020	12.0 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	13.8%2019	12.7%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Property crime rate	2,234 /100k2020	1,219 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	67%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent-burdened households	46.5%2015-2019	46.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	−6.6%	Within the margin of error	32%
Students per teacher	16.3×2019	17.6×2024	+1.2×	Declined	7%
Suicide rate	20.9 /100k2020	21.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	52%
Traffic deaths	12.7 /100k2015-2019	12.9 /100k2020-2024	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	54%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.9%2025	−2.6 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.9%2019	9.2%2024	−3.7 points	Improved	89%
Violent crime rate	406 /100k2020	283 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	68%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Craven County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Craven County, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Craven County, North Carolina itself moved +1.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

102,612 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−1.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

102,612 residents

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White65%66,187
Black20%20,030
Hispanic or Latino7.8%7,996

Education

69,624 residents (±144)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma7.7%5,334
High school or GED27%18,856
Some college26%18,137

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

42,871 households (±587)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k17%7,267
$25k–50k22%9,418
$50k–75k17%7,463
$75k–100k14%5,980
$100k–150k18%7,591
$150k–200k6.5%2,767
$200k or more5.6%2,385

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+5.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

42,871 households (±587)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own68%29,343
Rent32%13,528

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

12,857 households (±709)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75021%2,745
$750–1,00019%2,449
$1,000–1,50039%4,953

Home values

29,343 homes (±870)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k25%7,426
$150k–250k30%8,835
$250k–400k28%8,104

Age of homes

48,533 homes (±152)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later15%7,411
2000–200920%9,468
1980–199932%15,752

Size of homes

48,533 homes (±152)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio1.8%851
1 bedroom5.6%2,699
2 bedrooms21%10,099

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

46,178 workers (±940)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone78%35,941
Carpool10.0%4,615
Public transit0.5%†244
Walk2.0%†933
Bike0.1%†59
Work from home7.5%3,462
Other2.0%†924

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+3.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

42,716 workers (±994)

Craven County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min39%16,731
15–29 min34%14,498
30–44 min16%7,036

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New Bern, NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Craven County has 2,224 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.91× North Carolina's), with 30,858 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,609. The Census Bureau also counts 7,514 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,224; 7,514 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 30,858
Average annual pay: $48,609; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Craven County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	194	18.8	0.90×About typical	2,341	$64,378	374
Restaurants and other eating places	181	17.5	0.95×About typical	3,732	$18,913	38
Lessors of real estate	118	11.4	0.93×About typical	321	$41,583	810
Specialty trade contractors	113	10.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	915	$59,220	494
Limited-service restaurants	92	8.9	1.11×About typical	1,949	$16,582	12
Religious organizations	86	8.3	1.50×More than typical	679	$24,283	—
Construction of buildings	77	7.4	0.99×About typical	267	$53,502	263
Full-service restaurants	74	7.2	0.93×About typical	1,630	$22,061	16
Services to buildings and dwellings	68	6.6	0.98×About typical	414	$36,570	593
Automotive repair and maintenance	57	5.5	1.10×About typical	223	$42,592	78
Offices of physicians	55	5.3	0.82×About typical	845	$99,853	85
Real estate agents and brokers	55	5.3	1.09×About typical	110	$44,064	251

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 103,370 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $196.5M on contracts performed in Craven County, North Carolina: $1,871 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $196.5M; −61% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,871; US $2,007
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.9%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

EASTERN AVIATION FUELS, INC.$26.3M13%
AGILE JV, LLC$25.2M13%
APPLIED SOLUTIONS LOGISTICS, LLC$21.4M11%
V2X AEROSPACE LLC$9.9M5.0%
BLUE ROCK STRUCTURES, INC$8.6M4.4%

Spending by fiscal year

276.1MFY2017
191.6MFY2018
325.6MFY2019
858.3MFY2020
307.2MFY2021
419.9MFY2022
631.5MFY2023
577.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$47.1M24%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$35.5M18%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$26.3M13%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$24.2M12%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$19.6M10.0%
Facilities support services · 5612$11M

Largest awards

P197 DB AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR - BASE PRICE AND OPTIONS$240M
WALSH FEDERAL LLC· Craven County, NC· Construction & real property· Apr 26, 2022 – May 15, 2026· N4008522C0016
HURRICANE FLORENCE RECOVERY MILCON PACKAGE 1, P162F, PP254F, P246F, P142F,&P130F.$160.5M
WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE· Craven County, NC· Construction & real property· Aug 12, 2020 – Apr 15, 2026· N4008520C0055
BASE PRICE$133.6M
WALSH FEDERAL LLC· Craven County, NC· Construction & real property· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 3, 2026· N4008523C0050
MOB VMAT-203 CORE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Explore contracts in Craven County, North Carolina

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $963.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Craven County, North Carolina: $9,171 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $963.2M; −3.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,171; US $12,975
Loan face value: $96.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$515.7M54%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$237.2M25%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$61.9M6.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$37.3M3.9%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$25.6M2.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$19.7M2.0%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$10.6M1.1%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$8.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT$27.1M2.8%
RALEIGH, NC
TWIN RIVERS OPPORTUNITIES, INC$7.8M0.8%
NEW BERN, NC
CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$4.7M0.5%
NEW BERN, NC
COASTAL CAROLINA REGIONAL AIRPORT$3.4M0.3%
NEW BERN, NC
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN, N.C.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$634.7M66%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$264.5M27%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$27.1M2.8%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$9.1M0.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

703.6MFY2021
753.7MFY2022
816.4MFY2023
885.7MFY2024
999.7MFY2025
963.2MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Craven County, North Carolina

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Craven County, North Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Craven County, North Carolina
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$2,687	$1,436
FY2018	$1,867	$1,552
FY2019	$3,191	$1,654
FY2020	$8,455	$1,880
FY2021	$3,021	$1,810
FY2022	$4,100	$1,917
FY2023	$6,109	$2,079
FY2024	$5,546	$2,047
FY2025	$4,738	$2,165
FY2026	$1,871 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$1,285	$93.28
FY2018	$693	$105
FY2019	$1,773	$128
FY2020	$6,341	$145
FY2021	$1,287	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$3,330	$5,748
FY2022	$4,515	$5,221
FY2023	$6,470	$5,364
FY2024	$6,045	$5,501
FY2025	$5,322	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$130	$298
FY2022	$348	$357
FY2023	$220	$301
FY2024	$414	$319
FY2025	$504	$360
FY2026	$290

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$140	$239
FY2022	$136	$185
FY2023	$219	$229
FY2024	$193	$229
FY2025	$163	$249
FY2026	$166

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$29.74	$2,304
FY2022	$15.63	$2,197
FY2023	$20.79	$2,274
FY2024	$15.05	$2,267
FY2025	$13.43	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$597	$1,186
FY2022	$180	$465
FY2023	$46.02	$76.52
FY2024	$133	$120
FY2025	$40.86	$148
FY2026	$50.26

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Craven County, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Craven County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2020

$6,341 per resident in FY2020, against an earlier average of $1,250 (5.1× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Craven County, North Carolina
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/37049

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Craven County, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Gregory F. MurphyR-NC-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 12.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Craven County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

New Bern, NC58Central county

Cities and towns in Craven County

Places whose residents live mostly in Craven County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/37049

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−2.5%	−4.2%
2015	−0.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+5.7%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+15.9%	+19.4%
2021	+19.5%	+26.1%
2022	+24.8%	+30.6%
2023	+29.2%	+35.0%
2024	+35.3%	+41.0%
2025	+38.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−5.1%	−5.5%
2015	−1.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.2%	+4.1%
2018	+5.3%	+8.9%
2019	+11.7%	+13.5%
2020	+19.9%	+20.8%
2021	+29.8%	+32.1%
2022	+31.0%	+35.4%
2023	+39.9%	+42.9%
2024	+50.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−11.2%	−6.9%
2015	−3.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.7%
2018	+2.5%	+7.5%
2019	+7.8%	+14.0%
2020	+9.0%	+16.9%
2021	+16.4%	+21.0%
2022	+27.4%	+29.7%
2023	+24.7%	+34.9%
2024	+32.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	16.4%	15.5%
2015	15.0%	14.7%
2016	15.3%	14.0%
2017	16.3%	13.4%
2018	14.9%	13.1%
2019	13.8%	12.3%
2020	13.2%	11.9%
2021	12.6%	12.8%
2022	13.9%	12.6%
2023	15.5%	12.5%
2024	12.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	6.7%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.3%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	4.4%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	6.5%	8.1%
2021	4.8%	5.4%
2022	3.9%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−4.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+62.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+75.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+83.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+87.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	14.5%	13.5%
2015	11.8%	10.9%
2016	11.9%	10.0%
2017	11.6%	10.2%
2018	11.7%	10.4%
2019	12.9%	10.8%
2020	13.0%	10.4%
2021	11.3%	10.2%
2022	11.0%	9.5%
2023	10.9%	9.5%
2024	9.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Craven County, North Carolina	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.0/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Craven County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.9 points	−1.6 points	−3.0 points to −0.2 points
Year −2	−2.1 points	−0.4 points	−1.7 points to +0.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−5.1 points	−4.5 points	−7.1 points to +0.4 points
Year +1	+0.7 points	+0.6 points	−0.9 points to +1.9 points
Year +2	−0.2 points	−0.8 points	−3.7 points to +2.2 points

Year	Craven County, North Carolina	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.1 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people	−2.3 per 1,000 people to −0.7 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−1.4 per 1,000 people	+0.3 per 1,000 people	−2.2 per 1,000 people to +6.4 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+1.4 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people	−0.8 per 1,000 people to +1.7 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.5 per 1,000 people	+1.2 per 1,000 people	−2.4 per 1,000 people to +3.0 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+1.1 per 1,000 people	−0.1 per 1,000 people	−2.0 per 1,000 people to +1.8 per 1,000 people

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined2

Counties like Craven County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Craven County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined2

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Compared with 10 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year