Carolina Shores vs St. James

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

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

St. James has the higher population (6,901 vs 4,843 in Carolina Shores). St. James has the higher median household income ($113,670 vs $74,310 in Carolina Shores). St. James has the higher median home value ($599,300 vs $276,000 in Carolina Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Shores	St. James
Population	4,843	6,901
Median age	65.6 yrs	68.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,310	$113,670
Median home value	$276,000	$599,300
Median gross rent	$1,948	$2,258
Housing units	2,848	3,881
Homeownership rate	94.4%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Shores	St. James
Population	4,163 → 4,843 (+16.3%)	5,521 → 6,901 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$63,048 → $74,310 (+17.9%)	$104,850 → $113,670 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$193,100 → $276,000 (+42.9%)	$456,600 → $599,300 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,513 → $1,948 (+28.8%)	$1,862 → $2,258 (+21.3%)

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

St. James

Population

5,5216,901

Median household income

$104,850$113,670

Median home value

$456,600$599,300

Median gross rent

$1,862$2,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Shores	St. James
Under 5	1.1%	0.6%
5 to 17	5.1%	1.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	0.8%
35 to 44	3.4%	2.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	30.2%
65 to 74	30.2%	38.3%
75 and over	21.3%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Shores	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Shores	St. James
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Shores	St. James
Drove alone	77.1%	44.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	13.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	30.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Shores	St. James
1-unit, detached	81.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Shores	St. James
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	53
Median year structure built	2005	2009