Atlantic vs Bogue

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic and Bogue: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bogue has the higher population (800 vs 541 in Atlantic). Bogue has the higher median household income ($88,043 vs $48,750 in Atlantic). Bogue has the higher median home value ($251,200 vs $157,000 in Atlantic).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Bogue
Population	541	800
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$88,043
Median home value	$157,000	$251,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,446
Housing units	397	330
Homeownership rate	89.3%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Bogue
Population	522 → 541 (+3.6%)	643 → 800 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,750 (+12.9%)	$67,031 → $88,043 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $157,000 (-3.0%)	$196,700 → $251,200 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,125 → $1,446 (+28.5%)

Atlantic

Population

522541

Median household income

$43,173$48,750

Median home value

$161,800$157,000

Bogue

Population

643800

Median household income

$67,031$88,043

Median home value

$196,700$251,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Bogue
Under 5	8.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	3.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	20.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.8%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Bogue
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Bogue
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Bogue
Drove alone	78.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.2%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Bogue
1-unit, detached	86.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Bogue
Poverty rate	21.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1949	1997