Carolina Shores vs Southport

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

Carolina Shores and Southport 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 4,143 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($82,792 vs $74,310 in Carolina Shores). Southport has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $276,000 in Carolina Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Shores	Southport
Population	4,843	4,143
Median age	65.6 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,310	$82,792
Median home value	$276,000	$394,900
Median gross rent	$1,948	$1,468
Housing units	2,848	2,440
Homeownership rate	94.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Shores	Southport
Population	4,163 → 4,843 (+16.3%)	3,739 → 4,143 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$63,048 → $74,310 (+17.9%)	$52,917 → $82,792 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$193,100 → $276,000 (+42.9%)	$252,600 → $394,900 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,948 (+28.8%)	$980 → $1,468 (+49.8%)

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

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)

	Carolina Shores	Southport
Under 5	1.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	5.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	3.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	20.5%
65 to 74	30.2%	30.8%
75 and over	21.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Shores	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Shores	Southport
No high school diploma	1.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Shores	Southport
Drove alone	77.1%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Shores	Southport
1-unit, detached	81.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Shores	Southport
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.3%
Average household size	1.93	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	2005	2002