Atlantic Beach vs Broad Creek

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

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

Broad Creek has the higher population (1,963 vs 1,705 in Atlantic Beach). Atlantic Beach has the higher median household income ($58,056 vs $57,545 in Broad Creek). Atlantic Beach has the higher median home value ($466,400 vs $226,000 in Broad Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
Population	1,705	1,963
Median age	60.5 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,056	$57,545
Median home value	$466,400	$226,000
Median gross rent	$995	$747
Housing units	5,166	1,088
Homeownership rate	64.7%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
Population	1,747 → 1,705 (-2.4%)	2,548 → 1,963 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$48,289 → $58,056 (+20.2%)	$53,696 → $57,545 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$383,600 → $466,400 (+21.6%)	$157,100 → $226,000 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $995 (+3.9%)	$1,115 → $747 (-33.0%)

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

Broad Creek

Population

2,5481,963

Median household income

$53,696$57,545

Median home value

$157,100$226,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
Under 5	2.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	17.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	22.4%	17.8%
75 and over	18.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
No high school diploma	0.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	21.6%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
Drove alone	80.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
1-unit, detached	34.4%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Broad Creek
Poverty rate	18.5%	11.2%
Average household size	1.74	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1982	1993