Caswell Beach vs Ocean Isle Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Caswell Beach and Ocean Isle Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ocean Isle Beach has the higher population (796 vs 486 in Caswell Beach). Caswell Beach has the higher median household income ($125,833 vs $99,231 in Ocean Isle Beach). Ocean Isle Beach has the higher median home value ($754,300 vs $610,900 in Caswell Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
Population	486	796
Median age	59.4 yrs	67.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,833	$99,231
Median home value	$610,900	$754,300
Housing units	650	3,290
Homeownership rate	93.2%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
Population	461 → 486 (+5.4%)	734 → 796 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$109,583 → $125,833 (+14.8%)	$93,750 → $99,231 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$409,500 → $610,900 (+49.2%)	$520,800 → $754,300 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $989 (-1.1%)

Caswell Beach

Population

461486

Median household income

$109,583$125,833

Median home value

$409,500$610,900

Ocean Isle Beach

Population

734796

Median household income

$93,750$99,231

Median home value

$520,800$754,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	1.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.3%
25 to 34	1.6%	0.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	1.6%
45 to 54	27.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	23.1%
65 to 74	24.7%	39.4%
75 and over	17.5%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
No high school diploma	0.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	7.5%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
Drove alone	76.7%	58.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	35.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
1-unit, detached	55.8%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	27.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Caswell Beach	Ocean Isle Beach
Poverty rate	2.3%	5.9%
Average household size	2.19	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1996	1994