Atlantic vs Indian Beach

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

Atlantic and Indian Beach 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 229 in Indian Beach). Indian Beach has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $48,750 in Atlantic). Indian Beach has the higher median home value ($570,800 vs $157,000 in Atlantic).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
Population	541	229
Median age	33.8 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$89,583
Median home value	$157,000	$570,800
Housing units	397	1,769
Homeownership rate	89.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
Population	522 → 541 (+3.6%)	185 → 229 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,750 (+12.9%)	$66,071 → $89,583 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $157,000 (-3.0%)	$397,400 → $570,800 (+43.6%)

Atlantic

Population

522541

Median household income

$43,173$48,750

Median home value

$161,800$157,000

Indian Beach

Population

185229

Median household income

$66,071$89,583

Median home value

$397,400$570,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
Under 5	8.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	3.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	27.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	28.8%
75 and over	7.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
Drove alone	78.2%	37.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	60.3%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
1-unit, detached	86.4%	7.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.8%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	42.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic	Indian Beach
Poverty rate	21.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1949	1989