Atlantic Beach vs Cedar Point

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

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

Cedar Point has the higher population (2,005 vs 1,705 in Atlantic Beach). Cedar Point has the higher median household income ($91,853 vs $58,056 in Atlantic Beach). Atlantic Beach has the higher median home value ($466,400 vs $421,400 in Cedar Point).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
Population	1,705	2,005
Median age	60.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,056	$91,853
Median home value	$466,400	$421,400
Median gross rent	$995	$1,341
Housing units	5,166	1,172
Homeownership rate	64.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
Population	1,747 → 1,705 (-2.4%)	1,874 → 2,005 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$48,289 → $58,056 (+20.2%)	$78,646 → $91,853 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$383,600 → $466,400 (+21.6%)	$322,600 → $421,400 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $995 (+3.9%)	$1,219 → $1,341 (+10.0%)

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

Cedar Point

Population

1,8742,005

Median household income

$78,646$91,853

Median home value

$322,600$421,400

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	22.4%	18.1%
75 and over	18.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
No high school diploma	0.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
Drove alone	80.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
1-unit, detached	34.4%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	18.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Cedar Point
Poverty rate	18.5%	6.3%
Average household size	1.74	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1982	2001