Neuse Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.

[4] It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It is bordered to the northwest by the Neuse River Recreation Area of Croatan National Forest, to the southwest by U.S. Route 70, a four-lane highway, and to the southeast by Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,110 people, 673 households, and 494 families residing in the CDP.

None of the families and 1.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.