Broad Creek vs Emerald Isle

A side-by-side comparison of Broad Creek and Emerald Isle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emerald Isle has the higher population (3,915 vs 1,963 in Broad Creek). Emerald Isle has the higher median household income ($89,432 vs $57,545 in Broad Creek). Emerald Isle has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $226,000 in Broad Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
Population	1,963	3,915
Median age	51.6 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,545	$89,432
Median home value	$226,000	$563,600
Median gross rent	$747	$1,688
Housing units	1,088	6,802
Homeownership rate	82.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
Population	2,548 → 1,963 (-23.0%)	3,703 → 3,915 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$53,696 → $57,545 (+7.2%)	$78,194 → $89,432 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $226,000 (+43.9%)	$378,500 → $563,600 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $747 (-33.0%)	$1,408 → $1,688 (+19.9%)

Broad Creek

Population

2,5481,963

Median household income

$53,696$57,545

Median home value

$157,100$226,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$747

Emerald Isle

Population

3,7033,915

Median household income

$78,194$89,432

Median home value

$378,500$563,600

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
Under 5	4.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	24.1%
65 to 74	17.8%	23.3%
75 and over	8.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	28.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
Drove alone	88.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	22.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
1-unit, detached	64.1%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Broad Creek	Emerald Isle
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1993	1989