Calabash vs Varnamtown

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

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

Calabash has the higher population (2,397 vs 792 in Varnamtown). Varnamtown has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $60,048 in Calabash). Varnamtown has the higher median home value ($277,900 vs $202,000 in Calabash).

Population, income & housing

	Calabash	Varnamtown
Population	2,397	792
Median age	54.0 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,048	$68,750
Median home value	$202,000	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,068
Housing units	1,617	375
Homeownership rate	67.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calabash	Varnamtown
Population	1,710 → 2,397 (+40.2%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$32,167 → $60,048 (+86.7%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $202,000 (+45.0%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,348 (+37.7%)	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

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

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)

	Calabash	Varnamtown
Under 5	3.5%	0.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	13.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	3.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	27.9%
55 to 64	18.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	16.2%
75 and over	8.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calabash	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calabash	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calabash	Varnamtown
Drove alone	70.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calabash	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	51.3%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Calabash	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	20.7%	18.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1993	1989