Bogue vs Harkers Island

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

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

Harkers Island has the higher population (1,080 vs 800 in Bogue). Bogue has the higher median household income ($88,043 vs $58,750 in Harkers Island). Harkers Island has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $251,200 in Bogue).

Population, income & housing

	Bogue	Harkers Island
Population	800	1,080
Median age	43.0 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,043	$58,750
Median home value	$251,200	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,446	$968
Housing units	330	1,155
Homeownership rate	78.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bogue	Harkers Island
Population	643 → 800 (+24.4%)	1,260 → 1,080 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$67,031 → $88,043 (+31.3%)	$54,444 → $58,750 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$196,700 → $251,200 (+27.7%)	$234,000 → $295,500 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,446 (+28.5%)	$1,066 → $968 (-9.2%)

Bogue

Population

643800

Median household income

$67,031$88,043

Median home value

$196,700$251,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,446

Harkers Island

Population

1,2601,080

Median household income

$54,444$58,750

Median home value

$234,000$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,066$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bogue	Harkers Island
Under 5	2.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	7.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	24.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	20.0%
75 and over	7.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bogue	Harkers Island
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bogue	Harkers Island
No high school diploma	5.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bogue	Harkers Island
Drove alone	77.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	11.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bogue	Harkers Island
1-unit, detached	75.2%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	38.3%

Poverty & households

	Bogue	Harkers Island
Poverty rate	3.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1997	1983