Harkers Island vs Pine Knoll Shores

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

Harkers Island 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.

Pine Knoll Shores has the higher population (1,387 vs 1,080 in Harkers Island). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $58,750 in Harkers Island). Pine Knoll Shores has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $295,500 in Harkers Island).

Population, income & housing

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,080	1,387
Median age	59.5 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$108,393
Median home value	$295,500	$583,900
Median gross rent	$968	$1,792
Housing units	1,155	2,134
Homeownership rate	84.2%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
Population	1,260 → 1,080 (-14.3%)	1,343 → 1,387 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$54,444 → $58,750 (+7.9%)	$75,313 → $108,393 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$234,000 → $295,500 (+26.3%)	$387,600 → $583,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $968 (-9.2%)	$1,214 → $1,792 (+47.6%)

Harkers Island

Population

1,2601,080

Median household income

$54,444$58,750

Median home value

$234,000$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,066$968

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)

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
Under 5	4.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	7.8%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	24.4%	22.9%
65 to 74	20.0%	24.4%
75 and over	12.3%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	98.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
No high school diploma	16.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
Drove alone	83.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	11.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	26.7%
Other means	0.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
1-unit, detached	61.0%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	38.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Harkers Island	Pine Knoll Shores
Poverty rate	11.9%	2.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1983	1984