Navassa vs Ocean Isle Beach

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

Navassa 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.

Navassa has the higher population (2,148 vs 796 in Ocean Isle Beach). Ocean Isle Beach has the higher median household income ($99,231 vs $57,571 in Navassa). Ocean Isle Beach has the higher median home value ($754,300 vs $196,300 in Navassa).

Population, income & housing

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
Population	2,148	796
Median age	32.2 yrs	67.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,571	$99,231
Median home value	$196,300	$754,300
Median gross rent	$1,305	—
Housing units	820	3,290
Homeownership rate	75.2%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
Population	1,758 → 2,148 (+22.2%)	734 → 796 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$33,571 → $57,571 (+71.5%)	$93,750 → $99,231 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $196,300 (+68.8%)	$520,800 → $754,300 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,305 (+44.7%)	$1,000 → $989 (-1.1%)

Navassa

Population

1,7582,148

Median household income

$33,571$57,571

Median home value

$116,300$196,300

Median gross rent

$902$1,305

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)

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	1.9%
18 to 24	16.7%	2.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	0.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	1.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	23.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	39.4%
75 and over	3.4%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	36.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
Drove alone	78.3%	58.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	35.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
1-unit, detached	67.0%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Navassa	Ocean Isle Beach
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.9%
Average household size	3.17	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	2002	1994