Atlantic vs Davis

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

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

Atlantic has the higher population (541 vs 290 in Davis). Davis has the higher median household income ($71,083 vs $48,750 in Atlantic). Davis has the higher median home value ($180,100 vs $157,000 in Atlantic).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Davis
Population	541	290
Median age	33.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$71,083
Median home value	$157,000	$180,100
Housing units	397	162
Homeownership rate	89.3%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Davis
Population	522 → 541 (+3.6%)	285 → 290 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,750 (+12.9%)	$46,167 → $71,083 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $157,000 (-3.0%)	$145,800 → $180,100 (+23.5%)

Atlantic

Population

522541

Median household income

$43,173$48,750

Median home value

$161,800$157,000

Davis

Population

285290

Median household income

$46,167$71,083

Median home value

$145,800$180,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Davis
Under 5	8.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	1.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	24.1%
45 to 54	3.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	15.9%
75 and over	7.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Davis
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Davis
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Davis
Drove alone	78.2%	65.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	28.0%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Davis
1-unit, detached	86.4%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Davis
Poverty rate	21.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1949	1948