Brandywine Bay vs Pine Knoll Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Brandywine Bay and Pine Knoll Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Brandywine Bay and Pine Knoll Shores are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brandywine Bay has the higher population (1,404 vs 1,387 in Pine Knoll Shores). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $88,125 in Brandywine Bay). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $330,900 in Brandywine Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,404	1,387
Median age	54.9 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,125	$108,393
Median home value	$330,900	$583,900
Median gross rent	$1,929	$1,792
Housing units	744	2,134
Homeownership rate	91.8%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,322 → 1,404 (+6.2%)	1,343 → 1,387 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $88,125 (+21.6%)	$75,313 → $108,393 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$257,600 → $330,900 (+28.5%)	$387,600 → $583,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $1,929 (+15.9%)	$1,214 → $1,792 (+47.6%)

Brandywine Bay

Population

1,3221,404

Median household income

$72,500$88,125

Median home value

$257,600$330,900

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,929

Pine Knoll Shores

Population

1,3431,387

Median household income

$75,313$108,393

Median home value

$387,600$583,900

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
Under 5	3.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	5.6%	7.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	1.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	22.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	22.9%
65 to 74	20.4%	24.4%
75 and over	18.8%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.4%
High school graduate	14.9%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
Drove alone	83.3%	65.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	26.7%
Other means	0.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
1-unit, detached	75.8%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	20.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Brandywine Bay	Pine Knoll Shores
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	44	26
Median year structure built	2002	1984