Ocean Isle Beach vs Varnamtown

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

Ocean Isle 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.

Ocean Isle Beach has the higher population (796 vs 792 in Varnamtown). Ocean Isle Beach has the higher median household income ($99,231 vs $68,750 in Varnamtown). Ocean Isle Beach has the higher median home value ($754,300 vs $277,900 in Varnamtown).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
Population	796	792
Median age	67.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,231	$68,750
Median home value	$754,300	$277,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	3,290	375
Homeownership rate	98.2%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
Population	734 → 796 (+8.4%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $99,231 (+5.8%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$520,800 → $754,300 (+44.8%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $989 (-1.1%)	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

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

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)

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
Under 5	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 17	1.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	0.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	1.6%	3.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	27.9%
55 to 64	23.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	39.4%	16.2%
75 and over	20.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	10.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
Drove alone	58.5%	68.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	69.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Isle Beach	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	5.9%	18.9%
Average household size	1.80	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1994	1989