Caswell Beach vs Varnamtown

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

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

Varnamtown has the higher population (792 vs 486 in Caswell Beach). Caswell Beach has the higher median household income ($125,833 vs $68,750 in Varnamtown). Caswell Beach has the higher median home value ($610,900 vs $277,900 in Varnamtown).

Population, income & housing

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
Population	486	792
Median age	59.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,833	$68,750
Median home value	$610,900	$277,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	650	375
Homeownership rate	93.2%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
Population	461 → 486 (+5.4%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$109,583 → $125,833 (+14.8%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$409,500 → $610,900 (+49.2%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

Caswell Beach

Population

461486

Median household income

$109,583$125,833

Median home value

$409,500$610,900

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)

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
Under 5	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 17	6.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	1.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	6.2%	3.2%
45 to 54	27.0%	27.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	24.7%	16.2%
75 and over	17.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	0.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	7.5%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
Drove alone	76.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	55.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	27.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Caswell Beach	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	2.3%	18.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1996	1989