Holden Beach vs Varnamtown

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

Holden 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.

Holden Beach has the higher population (1,047 vs 792 in Varnamtown). Holden Beach has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $68,750 in Varnamtown). Holden Beach has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $277,900 in Varnamtown).

Population, income & housing

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
Population	1,047	792
Median age	63.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$68,750
Median home value	$562,500	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,068
Housing units	2,461	375
Homeownership rate	93.5%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
Population	1,137 → 1,047 (-7.9%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$96,875 → $110,000 (+13.5%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$417,300 → $562,500 (+34.8%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,375 (+39.5%)	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

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

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)

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
Under 5	0.2%	0.3%
5 to 17	3.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	1.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	3.4%	3.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	27.9%
55 to 64	29.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	28.8%	16.2%
75 and over	14.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	6.7%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	46.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
Drove alone	77.3%	68.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	3.2%
Other means	1.3%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	89.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.6%
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%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Holden Beach	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	5.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1991	1989