Broad Creek vs Pine Knoll Shores

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

Broad Creek 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.

Broad Creek has the higher population (1,963 vs 1,387 in Pine Knoll Shores). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $57,545 in Broad Creek). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $226,000 in Broad Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,963	1,387
Median age	51.6 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,545	$108,393
Median home value	$226,000	$583,900
Median gross rent	$747	$1,792
Housing units	1,088	2,134
Homeownership rate	82.6%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	2,548 → 1,963 (-23.0%)	1,343 → 1,387 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$53,696 → $57,545 (+7.2%)	$75,313 → $108,393 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $226,000 (+43.9%)	$387,600 → $583,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $747 (-33.0%)	$1,214 → $1,792 (+47.6%)

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

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)

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
Under 5	4.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	22.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	24.4%
75 and over	8.7%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
No high school diploma	9.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	28.4%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
Drove alone	88.1%	65.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	26.7%
Other means	1.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
1-unit, detached	64.1%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Broad Creek	Pine Knoll Shores
Poverty rate	11.2%	2.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1993	1984