North Carolina · Census place 3704260

Beaufort, North Carolina

Beaufort is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,895 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 152nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,895; #152 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +9.4%; +419 people
Land area: 5.1 sq mi; + 2.74 sq mi water
Density: 954 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Beaufort. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Beaufort population, 2020 to 2024

Beaufort added 419 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.4%. In the latest year it moved by +80.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,463. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Beaufort covers 5.13 square miles of land and 2.74 of water, for 954 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Beaufort is less dense than the typical town.

What county Beaufort is in

All of Beaufort's residents live in Carteret County, which had 70,259 residents in 2024. Beaufort holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Beaufort

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Beaufort by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28516. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Beaufort is

The Census internal point of Beaufort is at 34.722700, -76.651200. Raleigh, the capital, is 133.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morehead City, NC (9,963 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 78.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.722700, -76.651200
DMS: 34°43'21.72"N 76°39'4.32"W
UTM: 18N 348811.3E 3843533.4N
Geohash: dq1mxc063
Plus code: 8765P8FX+3G

Daylight in Beaufort

At 34.72° N, Beaufort gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Beaufort

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Morehead City, 5.0 miles away, with 9,963 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Beaufort, NC?

4,895 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 419 (9.4%) from 4,476 in July 2020.

What county is Beaufort in?

Carteret County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Beaufort?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28516.

How far is Beaufort from Raleigh?

133.8 miles (215.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Beaufort.

What is the nearest larger city to Beaufort?

Morehead City, NC, with 9,963 residents, 5.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.