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New Bern city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
New Bern city is a Census city of 32,734 people across 28.69 square miles of land, in Craven County. Median household income is $61,031, 59.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 41 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $34.8 m.
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New Bern
What New Bern is
- Census place typecity
- Land area28.69 sq mi
- Water area1.48 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,141
- County holding the largest share of its areaCraven County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Bern
How many people live in New Bern
- Population32,734
- Median age38.9
- Population under 187,322
- Share under 1822.4 percent
- Population 65 and over8,036
- Share 65 and over24.5 percent
- Households14,673
- Family households8,400
- Share of households that are families57.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Bern
Income and work in New Bern
- Median household income$61,031
- Per capita income$38,196
- Civilian labor force14,838
- Employed14,154
- Unemployed684 plus or minus 208
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over22,954
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Bern
Housing in New Bern
- Housing units16,816
- Occupied units14,673
- Vacant units2,143
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent
- Owner occupied8,765
- Renter occupied5,908
- Ownership rate59.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$240,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,081
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent
- Single family units11,568
- Share single family68.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,521
- Share in buildings of two or more26.9 percent
- Mobile homes686 plus or minus 259
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Bern
How New Bern gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute13,304
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,981
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,020
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.7 percent
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.1
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home8.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
New Bern
SBA 7(a) lending to New Bern borrowers
- Approvals41
- Gross approval$34,772,900
- Average approval$848,120
- Median approval$497,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,110,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported860
- Jobs per approval21.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.1 percent
- Share to franchises19.5 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS30
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
New Bern
SBA 504 lending to New Bern borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,048,000
- Average approval$512,000
- Median approval$577,000
- Largest approval$686,000
- Jobs supported21
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
New Bern
Flood programme status in New Bern
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number370074
- Currently effective map date06/15/22
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Craven County, not New Bern
Craven County context, not New Bern figures
These are Craven County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as New Bern measurements.
- Establishments in Craven County2,224
- Employment at those establishments, Craven County30,858
- Covered employment, Craven County40,890
- Average annual pay, Craven County$55,634
- Average weekly wage, Craven County$1,070
- Housing units permitted, Craven County485
- Of those, single family, Craven County466
- County product, 2024, Craven County$6,912,701,000
- County product change over the prior year, Craven County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Craven County$62,608
Every figure in this section is published for Craven County as a whole and is not a measurement of New Bern. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
New Bern questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in New Bern, North Carolina?
32,734, in 14,673 households. New Bern city covers 28.69 square miles of land, which is 1,141 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is New Bern in?
Craven County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in New Bern?
$61,031. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $240,100. Median gross rent is $1,081 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to New Bern businesses?
41 7(a) approvals totalling $34.8 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $497,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in New Bern, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to New Bern borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for New Bern. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is New Bern in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. New Bern appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370074, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page New Bern figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Craven County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of New Bern.
Is zoning published for New Bern?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.