Atlantic Beach vs Pine Knoll Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Beach and Pine Knoll Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlantic Beach and Pine Knoll Shores 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 1,387 in Pine Knoll Shores). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $58,056 in Atlantic Beach). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $466,400 in Atlantic Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,705	1,387
Median age	60.5 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,056	$108,393
Median home value	$466,400	$583,900
Median gross rent	$995	$1,792
Housing units	5,166	2,134
Homeownership rate	64.7%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,747 → 1,705 (-2.4%)	1,343 → 1,387 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$48,289 → $58,056 (+20.2%)	$75,313 → $108,393 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$383,600 → $466,400 (+21.6%)	$387,600 → $583,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $995 (+3.9%)	$1,214 → $1,792 (+47.6%)

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

Pine Knoll Shores

Population

1,3431,387

Median household income

$75,313$108,393

Median home value

$387,600$583,900

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
Under 5	2.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	7.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	1.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	22.9%
65 to 74	22.4%	24.4%
75 and over	18.1%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
No high school diploma	0.7%	0.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
Drove alone	80.3%	65.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
1-unit, detached	34.4%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	20.5%
20 or more units	18.5%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Beach	Pine Knoll Shores
Poverty rate	18.5%	2.6%
Average household size	1.74	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1982	1984