Carolina Shores vs Leland

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

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

Leland has the higher population (26,307 vs 4,843 in Carolina Shores). Leland has the higher median household income ($88,576 vs $74,310 in Carolina Shores). Leland has the higher median home value ($358,800 vs $276,000 in Carolina Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Shores	Leland
Population	4,843	26,307
Median age	65.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,310	$88,576
Median home value	$276,000	$358,800
Median gross rent	$1,948	$1,603
Housing units	2,848	11,995
Homeownership rate	94.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Shores	Leland
Population	4,163 → 4,843 (+16.3%)	20,294 → 26,307 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$63,048 → $74,310 (+17.9%)	$68,924 → $88,576 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$193,100 → $276,000 (+42.9%)	$243,200 → $358,800 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,948 (+28.8%)	$1,173 → $1,603 (+36.7%)

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

Leland

Population

20,29426,307

Median household income

$68,924$88,576

Median home value

$243,200$358,800

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Shores	Leland
Under 5	1.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	5.1%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	3.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	30.2%	19.4%
75 and over	21.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Shores	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Shores	Leland
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Shores	Leland
Drove alone	77.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Shores	Leland
1-unit, detached	81.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Shores	Leland
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.8%
Average household size	1.93	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	2005	2008