Atlantic vs Gloucester

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

Atlantic and Gloucester 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 514 in Gloucester). Gloucester has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $48,750 in Atlantic). Gloucester has the higher median home value ($277,000 vs $157,000 in Atlantic).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Gloucester
Population	541	514
Median age	33.8 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$78,125
Median home value	$157,000	$277,000
Housing units	397	230
Homeownership rate	89.3%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Gloucester
Population	522 → 541 (+3.6%)	525 → 514 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,750 (+12.9%)	$45,357 → $78,125 (+72.2%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $157,000 (-3.0%)	$120,000 → $277,000 (+130.8%)

Atlantic

Population

522541

Median household income

$43,173$48,750

Median home value

$161,800$157,000

Gloucester

Population

525514

Median household income

$45,357$78,125

Median home value

$120,000$277,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Gloucester
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	3.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.2%
75 and over	7.8%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Gloucester
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Gloucester
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Gloucester
Drove alone	78.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.6%
Other means	10.6%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Gloucester
1-unit, detached	86.4%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Gloucester
Poverty rate	21.6%	2.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1949	1978