Shallotte vs Sunset Beach

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

Shallotte and Sunset Beach 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 4,326 in Sunset Beach). Sunset Beach has the higher median household income ($84,934 vs $75,642 in Shallotte). Sunset Beach has the higher median home value ($354,300 vs $301,300 in Shallotte).

Population, income & housing

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
Population	4,465	4,326
Median age	45.1 yrs	68.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,642	$84,934
Median home value	$301,300	$354,300
Median gross rent	$1,127	$541
Housing units	2,065	5,220
Homeownership rate	64.8%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
Population	4,090 → 4,465 (+9.2%)	3,901 → 4,326 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$58,480 → $75,642 (+29.3%)	$57,265 → $84,934 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$218,900 → $301,300 (+37.6%)	$267,900 → $354,300 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,127 (+43.8%)	$1,232 → $541 (-56.1%)

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

Sunset Beach

Population

3,9014,326

Median household income

$57,265$84,934

Median home value

$267,900$354,300

Median gross rent

$1,232$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
Under 5	7.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	1.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	2.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	25.0%
75 and over	10.4%	32.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	11.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
Drove alone	80.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	19.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
1-unit, detached	65.9%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	19.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Shallotte	Sunset Beach
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	2005	1998