Holden Beach vs Northwest

A side-by-side comparison of Holden Beach and Northwest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holden Beach has the higher population (1,047 vs 690 in Northwest). Holden Beach has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $53,143 in Northwest). Holden Beach has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $183,700 in Northwest).

Population, income & housing

	Holden Beach	Northwest
Population	1,047	690
Median age	63.8 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$53,143
Median home value	$562,500	$183,700
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,006
Housing units	2,461	376
Homeownership rate	93.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holden Beach	Northwest
Population	1,137 → 1,047 (-7.9%)	856 → 690 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$96,875 → $110,000 (+13.5%)	$35,469 → $53,143 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$417,300 → $562,500 (+34.8%)	$100,700 → $183,700 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,375 (+39.5%)	$750 → $1,006 (+34.1%)

Holden Beach

Population

1,1371,047

Median household income

$96,875$110,000

Median home value

$417,300$562,500

Median gross rent

$986$1,375

Northwest

Population

856690

Median household income

$35,469$53,143

Median home value

$100,700$183,700

Median gross rent

$750$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holden Beach	Northwest
Under 5	0.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	3.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	1.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	3.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	29.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	28.8%	15.9%
75 and over	14.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holden Beach	Northwest
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	29.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	65.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holden Beach	Northwest
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	6.7%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	46.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holden Beach	Northwest
Drove alone	77.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	12.3%
Other means	1.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holden Beach	Northwest
1-unit, detached	89.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Holden Beach	Northwest
Poverty rate	5.6%	17.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1991	1994