Belville vs Carolina Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Belville and Carolina Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carolina Shores has the higher population (4,843 vs 3,183 in Belville). Belville has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $74,310 in Carolina Shores). Carolina Shores has the higher median home value ($276,000 vs $257,100 in Belville).

Population, income & housing

	Belville	Carolina Shores
Population	3,183	4,843
Median age	35.1 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$74,310
Median home value	$257,100	$276,000
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,948
Housing units	1,248	2,848
Homeownership rate	61.7%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belville	Carolina Shores
Population	2,504 → 3,183 (+27.1%)	4,163 → 4,843 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$57,167 → $86,875 (+52.0%)	$63,048 → $74,310 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $257,100 (+44.8%)	$193,100 → $276,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,738 (+28.6%)	$1,513 → $1,948 (+28.8%)

Belville

Population

2,5043,183

Median household income

$57,167$86,875

Median home value

$177,600$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,351$1,738

Carolina Shores

Population

4,1634,843

Median household income

$63,048$74,310

Median home value

$193,100$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,513$1,948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belville	Carolina Shores
Under 5	6.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	5.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	3.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	30.2%
75 and over	4.1%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belville	Carolina Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belville	Carolina Shores
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	18.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belville	Carolina Shores
Drove alone	87.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belville	Carolina Shores
1-unit, detached	73.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Belville	Carolina Shores
Poverty rate	7.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.68	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	2004	2005