† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMorehead City, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English24.4%12.7%9.5%
German13.8%9.4%12.5%
Irish12.9%8.4%9.4%
American7.5%8.3%5.3%
Italian4.9%3.3%4.8%
Scottish2.7%2.3%1.3%
Polish2.4%1.0%2.2%
Scotch-Irish2.4%1.4%—
Mexican1.8%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.2%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
African American†3.9%18.3%9.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.3%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.1%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.1%0.2%0.9%
Japanese0.1%—0.2%
Laotian0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Morehead City, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
50.5
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.0%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Morehead City, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$72,322
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.1%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.5%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Morehead City, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.4%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Morehead City, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
4.8%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.9%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.0%
9.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Morehead City, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+29.4%
1896
+16.2%
1900
+15.4%
1904
+21.3%
1908
+4.2%
1912
+49.0%
1916
−3.4%
1920
−5.6%
1924
+9.9%
1928
−21.0%
1932
+32.0%
1936
+33.4%
1940
+37.1%
1944
+38.0%
1948
+38.2%
1952
+18.1%
1956
+0.9%
1960
+7.9%
1964
+18.5%
1968
−7.3%
1972
−49.6%
1976
+10.0%
1980
−8.5%
1984
−32.8%
1988
−23.4%
1992
−10.6%
1996
−19.9%
2000
−32.3%
2004
−39.0%
2008
−34.7%
2012
−40.8%
2016
−44.0%
2020
−42.0%
2024
−43.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.0%Harris12,813
71.0%Trump32,508
1.1%
R+43.0
R+1.0
R+41.5
45,817
R
28.3%Biden12,093
70.3%Trump30,028
1.3%
R+42.0
D+2.0
R+46.5
42,695
R
26.3%Clinton9,939
70.3%Trump26,569
3.4%
R+44.0
R+3.3
R+46.1
37,781
R
29.0%Obama10,301
69.8%Romney24,775
1.2%
R+40.8
R+6.1
R+44.6
35,517
R
32.2%Obama11,130
66.9%McCain23,131
1.0%
R+34.7
D+4.4
R+42.0
34,597
R
30.2%Kerry7,732
69.3%Bush17,716
0.5%
R+39.0
R+6.8
R+36.6
25,575
R
33.4%Gore8,839
65.7%Bush17,381
0.9%
R+32.3
R+12.4
R+32.8
26,461
R
36.2%Clinton7,566
56.1%Dole11,721
7.6%
R+19.9
R+9.3
R+28.4
20,876
R
36.8%Clinton8,028
47.4%Bush10,334
15.8%
R+10.6
D+12.9
R+16.1
21,819
R
38.1%Dukakis6,859
61.6%Bush11,076
0.3%
R+23.4
D+9.3
R+15.7
17,994
R
33.5%Mondale5,882
66.3%Reagan11,637
0.2%
R+32.8
R+24.3
R+14.6
17,557
R
43.9%Carter6,485
52.4%Reagan7,733
3.7%
R+8.5
R+18.5
D+1.3
14,767
D
54.7%Carter7,080
44.7%Ford5,786
0.6%
D+10.0
D+59.6
D+7.9
12,939
R
24.6%McGovern2,805
74.1%Nixon8,463
1.3%
R+49.6
R+42.3
R+26.4
11,415
R
33.0%Humphrey3,762
40.2%Nixon4,593
26.8%
R+7.3
R+25.7
R+6.6
11,416
D
59.2%Johnson6,231
40.8%Goldwater4,289
0.0%
D+18.5
D+10.6
R+4.1
10,520
D
54.0%Kennedy5,264
46.0%Nixon4,493
0.0%
D+7.9
D+7.0
D+7.7
9,757
D
50.5%Stevenson3,875
49.5%Eisenhower3,804
0.0%
D+0.9
R+17.2
D+16.3
7,679
D
59.1%Stevenson4,280
40.9%Eisenhower2,967
0.0%
D+18.1
R+20.1
D+28.9
7,247
D
67.7%Truman3,491
29.5%Dewey1,520
2.9%
D+38.2
D+0.2
D+33.7
5,160
D
69.0%Roosevelt3,489
31.0%Dewey1,566
0.0%
D+38.0
D+1.0
D+30.5
5,055
D
68.5%Roosevelt3,896
31.5%Willkie1,789
0.0%
D+37.1
D+3.7
D+27.1
5,685
D
66.7%Roosevelt3,780
33.3%Landon1,889
0.0%
D+33.4
D+1.3
D+9.1
5,669
D
65.5%Roosevelt3,455
33.5%Hoover1,765
1.0%
D+32.0
D+53.0
D+14.2
5,275
R
39.5%Smith2,045
60.5%Hoover3,133
0.0%
R+21.0
R+30.9
R+3.5
5,178
D
54.7%Davis2,261
44.9%Coolidge1,854
0.4%
D+9.9
D+15.4
D+35.0
4,130
R
47.2%Cox2,070
52.8%Harding2,315
0.0%
R+5.6
R+2.2
D+20.6
4,385
R
48.3%Wilson1,165
51.7%Hughes1,246
0.0%
R+3.4
R+52.4
R+6.5
2,411
D
60.4%Wilson1,153
11.4%Taft218
28.1%
D+49.0
D+44.8
D+29.5
1,908
D
52.1%Bryan1,152
47.9%Taft1,060
0.0%
D+4.2
R+17.2
D+13.7
2,212
D
60.7%Parker1,012
39.3%Roosevelt656
0.0%
D+21.3
D+6.0
D+41.0
1,668
D
57.6%Bryan1,046
42.2%McKinley767
0.2%
D+15.4
R+0.8
D+22.9
1,817
D
58.0%Bryan1,308
41.8%McKinley943
0.3%
D+16.2
R+13.2
D+22.2
2,257
D
59.5%Cleveland1,211
30.1%Harrison613
10.4%
D+29.4
—
D+27.7
2,036
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
27.4%8,827
70.4%22,709
32,240
2020
R
28.0%11,823
67.5%28,492
42,228
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+30.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+43.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Morehead City, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
47,297
15,975
19,340
11,956
26
2012
51,030
14,988
21,083
14,792
167
2016
53,020
12,955
22,240
17,597
228
2020
52,335
10,157
23,816
18,035
327
2022
54,720
9,682
25,113
19,590
335
2024
58,891
9,319
27,170
21,917
485
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+712 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +9,268 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Morehead City, NC in Morehead City, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+782
2012
+326
2013
+684
2014
+309
2015
+197
2016
+258
2017
+331
2018
+913
2019
+378
2021
+1,564
2022
+1,129
2023
+737
2024
+948
2025
+712
Morehead City anchors a coastal economy built around commercial fishing, military logistics, and the state port, drawing a working-class electorate that has leaned Republican by double digits in recent federal cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.0 points.
A population of 69,148, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,322 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cody, WY and Baker City, OR.
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How did Morehead City, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morehead City, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 43.0 points (R+43.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 45,817 votes cast, 12,813 went Democratic and 32,508 went Republican.
When did Morehead City, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morehead City, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Morehead City, NC, North Carolina?
Morehead City, NC, North Carolina has a population of 69,148 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morehead City, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Morehead City, NC, North Carolina is $72,322 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Morehead City, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Morehead City, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
