Shallotte vs Southport

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

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

Shallotte has the higher population (4,465 vs 4,143 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($82,792 vs $75,642 in Shallotte). Southport has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $301,300 in Shallotte).

Population, income & housing

	Shallotte	Southport
Population	4,465	4,143
Median age	45.1 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,642	$82,792
Median home value	$301,300	$394,900
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,468
Housing units	2,065	2,440
Homeownership rate	64.8%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shallotte	Southport
Population	4,090 → 4,465 (+9.2%)	3,739 → 4,143 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$58,480 → $75,642 (+29.3%)	$52,917 → $82,792 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$218,900 → $301,300 (+37.6%)	$252,600 → $394,900 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,127 (+43.8%)	$980 → $1,468 (+49.8%)

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

Southport

Population

3,7394,143

Median household income

$52,917$82,792

Median home value

$252,600$394,900

Median gross rent

$980$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shallotte	Southport
Under 5	7.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	30.8%
75 and over	10.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shallotte	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	87.2%
Black or African American	11.6%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shallotte	Southport
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	22.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shallotte	Southport
Drove alone	80.2%	68.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.2%	2.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	19.6%
Other means	2.1%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shallotte	Southport
1-unit, detached	65.9%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shallotte	Southport
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2005	2002