Cedar Point vs Pine Knoll Shores

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

Cedar Point 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.

Cedar Point has the higher population (2,005 vs 1,387 in Pine Knoll Shores). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $91,853 in Cedar Point). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $421,400 in Cedar Point).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	2,005	1,387
Median age	46.3 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,853	$108,393
Median home value	$421,400	$583,900
Median gross rent	$1,341	$1,792
Housing units	1,172	2,134
Homeownership rate	84.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,874 → 2,005 (+7.0%)	1,343 → 1,387 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$78,646 → $91,853 (+16.8%)	$75,313 → $108,393 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$322,600 → $421,400 (+30.6%)	$387,600 → $583,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,341 (+10.0%)	$1,214 → $1,792 (+47.6%)

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

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)

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
Under 5	4.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	22.9%
65 to 74	18.1%	24.4%
75 and over	7.6%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.4%
High school graduate	21.1%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
Drove alone	83.4%	65.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
1-unit, detached	68.0%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	20.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Point	Pine Knoll Shores
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2001	1984