Atlantic Beach vs Brandywine Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Beach and Brandywine Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlantic Beach has the higher population (1,705 vs 1,404 in Brandywine Bay). Brandywine Bay has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $58,056 in Atlantic Beach). Atlantic Beach has the higher median home value ($466,400 vs $330,900 in Brandywine Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
Population	1,705	1,404
Median age	60.5 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,056	$88,125
Median home value	$466,400	$330,900
Median gross rent	$995	$1,929
Housing units	5,166	744
Homeownership rate	64.7%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	61.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
Population	1,747 → 1,705 (-2.4%)	1,322 → 1,404 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$48,289 → $58,056 (+20.2%)	$72,500 → $88,125 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$383,600 → $466,400 (+21.6%)	$257,600 → $330,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $995 (+3.9%)	$1,665 → $1,929 (+15.9%)

Atlantic Beach

Population

1,7471,705

Median household income

$48,289$58,056

Median home value

$383,600$466,400

Median gross rent

$958$995

Brandywine Bay

Population

1,3221,404

Median household income

$72,500$88,125

Median home value

$257,600$330,900

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
Under 5	2.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.4%	5.6%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	1.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	22.6%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	22.4%	20.4%
75 and over	18.1%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
No high school diploma	0.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
Drove alone	80.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
1-unit, detached	34.4%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	18.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Brandywine Bay
Poverty rate	18.5%	2.8%
Average household size	1.74	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1982	2002