County / FIPS 37049
Craven County
North Carolina
Craven County runs 26 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
26
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
707
Craven County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
102,612
Median household income
$65,873
Poverty rate
13.7%
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Median home value
$231,600
Median gross rent
$1,110
Bachelor's degree or higher
27.5%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Craven County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$1.5B
Per resident
$14,860
Change since FY2021
+43%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $1B |
| 2022 | $1B |
| 2023 | $1B |
| 2024 | $1B |
| 2025 | $1B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Craven County ranks 392nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Craven County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina East Medical Center | New Bern |
Public schools in Craven County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert H Bangert Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 421 |
| Arthur W Edwards Elementary | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 533 |
| Ben D Quinn Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 367 |
| Bridgeton Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 375 |
| Brinson Memorial Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 453 |
| Craven Early College High | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 226 |
| Craven Virtual Academy | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 111 |
| Creekside Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 496 |
| Early College East High | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 203 |
| Graham A Barden Elementary | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 241 |
| Grover C Fields Middle | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 509 |
| H J Macdonald Middle | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 712 |
| Havelock Elementary | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 272 |
| Havelock High | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 1,104 |
| Havelock Middle | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 395 |
| J T Barber Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 284 |
| James W Smith Elementary | Craven County Schools | Cove City | 342 |
| New Bern High | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 1,631 |
| Oaks Road Academy | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 387 |
| Roger Bell New Tech Academy | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 408 |
| Trent Park Elementary | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 389 |
| Tucker Creek Middle | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 519 |
| Vanceboro-Farm Life Elementary | Craven County Schools | Vanceboro | 471 |
| W Jesse Gurganus Elementary | Craven County Schools | Havelock | 373 |
| West Craven High | Craven County Schools | Vanceboro | 860 |
| West Craven Middle | Craven County Schools | New Bern | 673 |