Indian Beach vs Peletier

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

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

Peletier has the higher population (779 vs 229 in Indian Beach). Indian Beach has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $44,375 in Peletier). Indian Beach has the higher median home value ($570,800 vs $151,400 in Peletier).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Beach	Peletier
Population	229	779
Median age	63.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$44,375
Median home value	$570,800	$151,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,082
Housing units	1,769	605
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Beach	Peletier
Population	185 → 229 (+23.8%)	754 → 779 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $89,583 (+35.6%)	$39,479 → $44,375 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$397,400 → $570,800 (+43.6%)	$119,900 → $151,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $1,082 (+40.7%)

Indian Beach

Population

185229

Median household income

$66,071$89,583

Median home value

$397,400$570,800

Peletier

Population

754779

Median household income

$39,479$44,375

Median home value

$119,900$151,400

Median gross rent

$769$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Beach	Peletier
Under 5	3.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	3.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	27.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	28.8%	16.9%
75 and over	10.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Beach	Peletier
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Beach	Peletier
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	10.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Beach	Peletier
Drove alone	37.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	60.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Beach	Peletier
1-unit, detached	7.7%	33.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	27.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.6%	44.6%

Poverty & households

	Indian Beach	Peletier
Poverty rate	3.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.02	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1989	1993