Cedar Point vs Emerald Isle

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

Cedar Point 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 2,005 in Cedar Point). Cedar Point has the higher median household income ($91,853 vs $89,432 in Emerald Isle). Emerald Isle has the higher median home value ($563,600 vs $421,400 in Cedar Point).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
Population	2,005	3,915
Median age	46.3 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,853	$89,432
Median home value	$421,400	$563,600
Median gross rent	$1,341	$1,688
Housing units	1,172	6,802
Homeownership rate	84.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
Population	1,874 → 2,005 (+7.0%)	3,703 → 3,915 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$78,646 → $91,853 (+16.8%)	$78,194 → $89,432 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$322,600 → $421,400 (+30.6%)	$378,500 → $563,600 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,341 (+10.0%)	$1,408 → $1,688 (+19.9%)

Cedar Point

Population

1,8742,005

Median household income

$78,646$91,853

Median home value

$322,600$421,400

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,341

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)

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
Under 5	4.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	24.1%
65 to 74	18.1%	23.3%
75 and over	7.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
Drove alone	83.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
1-unit, detached	68.0%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Point	Emerald Isle
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2001	1989