Bald Head Island vs Varnamtown

A side-by-side comparison of Bald Head Island and Varnamtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Bald Head Island and Varnamtown are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Varnamtown has the higher population (792 vs 149 in Bald Head Island). Bald Head Island has the higher median household income ($205,000 vs $68,750 in Varnamtown). Bald Head Island has the higher median home value ($1,375,000 vs $277,900 in Varnamtown).

Population, income & housing

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
Population	149	792
Median age	69.1 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$205,000	$68,750
Median home value	$1,375,000	$277,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	1,110	375
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
Population	230 → 149 (-35.2%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$108,958 → $205,000 (+88.1%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$852,600 → $1,375,000 (+61.3%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

Bald Head Island

Population

230149

Median household income

$108,958$205,000

Median home value

$852,600$1,375,000

Varnamtown

Population

465792

Median household income

$47,292$68,750

Median home value

$167,600$277,900

Median gross rent

$836$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
Under 5	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 17	2.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	2.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	27.9%
55 to 64	24.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	49.0%	16.2%
75 and over	14.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	3.4%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	43.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
Drove alone	9.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	64.7%	3.2%
Other means	21.6%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	90.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Bald Head Island	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	5.4%	18.9%
Average household size	1.73	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2000	1989