Gloucester vs Indian Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Gloucester and Indian Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Gloucester and Indian Beach are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gloucester has the higher population (514 vs 229 in Indian Beach). Indian Beach has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $78,125 in Gloucester). Indian Beach has the higher median home value ($570,800 vs $277,000 in Gloucester).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
Population	514	229
Median age	49.8 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$89,583
Median home value	$277,000	$570,800
Housing units	230	1,769
Homeownership rate	85.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
Population	525 → 514 (-2.1%)	185 → 229 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$45,357 → $78,125 (+72.2%)	$66,071 → $89,583 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $277,000 (+130.8%)	$397,400 → $570,800 (+43.6%)

Gloucester

Population

525514

Median household income

$45,357$78,125

Median home value

$120,000$277,000

Indian Beach

Population

185229

Median household income

$66,071$89,583

Median home value

$397,400$570,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	0.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	3.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	3.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	27.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	28.8%
75 and over	19.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
No high school diploma	0.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
Drove alone	82.0%	37.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	60.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
1-unit, detached	88.3%	7.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.8%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	42.6%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Indian Beach
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	1978	1989