Calabash vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Calabash and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southport has the higher population (4,143 vs 2,397 in Calabash). Southport has the higher median household income ($82,792 vs $60,048 in Calabash). Southport has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $202,000 in Calabash).

Population, income & housing

	Calabash	Southport
Population	2,397	4,143
Median age	54.0 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,048	$82,792
Median home value	$202,000	$394,900
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,468
Housing units	1,617	2,440
Homeownership rate	67.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calabash	Southport
Population	1,710 → 2,397 (+40.2%)	3,739 → 4,143 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$32,167 → $60,048 (+86.7%)	$52,917 → $82,792 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $202,000 (+45.0%)	$252,600 → $394,900 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,348 (+37.7%)	$980 → $1,468 (+49.8%)

Calabash

Population

1,7102,397

Median household income

$32,167$60,048

Median home value

$139,300$202,000

Median gross rent

$979$1,348

Southport

Population

3,7394,143

Median household income

$52,917$82,792

Median home value

$252,600$394,900

Median gross rent

$980$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calabash	Southport
Under 5	3.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	8.1%
18 to 24	13.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	20.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	30.8%
75 and over	8.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calabash	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	5.8%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calabash	Southport
No high school diploma	14.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calabash	Southport
Drove alone	70.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calabash	Southport
1-unit, detached	51.3%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calabash	Southport
Poverty rate	20.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1993	2002