Belville vs Sunset Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Belville and Sunset Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunset Beach has the higher population (4,326 vs 3,183 in Belville). Belville has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $84,934 in Sunset Beach). Sunset Beach has the higher median home value ($354,300 vs $257,100 in Belville).

Population, income & housing

	Belville	Sunset Beach
Population	3,183	4,326
Median age	35.1 yrs	68.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$84,934
Median home value	$257,100	$354,300
Median gross rent	$1,738	$541
Housing units	1,248	5,220
Homeownership rate	61.7%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belville	Sunset Beach
Population	2,504 → 3,183 (+27.1%)	3,901 → 4,326 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$57,167 → $86,875 (+52.0%)	$57,265 → $84,934 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $257,100 (+44.8%)	$267,900 → $354,300 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,738 (+28.6%)	$1,232 → $541 (-56.1%)

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

Sunset Beach

Population

3,9014,326

Median household income

$57,265$84,934

Median home value

$267,900$354,300

Median gross rent

$1,232$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belville	Sunset Beach
Under 5	6.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	1.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	2.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	20.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	25.0%
75 and over	4.1%	32.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belville	Sunset Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	17.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belville	Sunset Beach
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belville	Sunset Beach
Drove alone	87.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	19.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belville	Sunset Beach
1-unit, detached	73.5%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	19.0%
20 or more units	17.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Belville	Sunset Beach
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.68	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	2004	1998