Oak Island vs Shallotte

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Island and Shallotte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Island has the higher population (8,888 vs 4,465 in Shallotte). Oak Island has the higher median household income ($83,483 vs $75,642 in Shallotte). Oak Island has the higher median home value ($407,400 vs $301,300 in Shallotte).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Island	Shallotte
Population	8,888	4,465
Median age	61.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,483	$75,642
Median home value	$407,400	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,127
Housing units	10,431	2,065
Homeownership rate	87.8%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Island	Shallotte
Population	7,851 → 8,888 (+13.2%)	4,090 → 4,465 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$72,821 → $83,483 (+14.6%)	$58,480 → $75,642 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$255,900 → $407,400 (+59.2%)	$218,900 → $301,300 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,208 (+12.7%)	$784 → $1,127 (+43.8%)

Oak Island

Population

7,8518,888

Median household income

$72,821$83,483

Median home value

$255,900$407,400

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,208

Shallotte

Population

4,0904,465

Median household income

$58,480$75,642

Median home value

$218,900$301,300

Median gross rent

$784$1,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Island	Shallotte
Under 5	1.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	3.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	5.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	27.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	27.1%	13.5%
75 and over	11.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Island	Shallotte
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Island	Shallotte
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Island	Shallotte
Drove alone	71.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.1%
Public transit	2.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Island	Shallotte
1-unit, detached	85.2%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	13.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Oak Island	Shallotte
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1995	2005