Arrowhead Beach vs Cape Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Arrowhead Beach and Cape Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arrowhead Beach has the higher population (1,277 vs 470 in Cape Colony). Cape Colony has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $64,107 in Arrowhead Beach). Arrowhead Beach has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $178,300 in Cape Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
Population	1,277	470
Median age	35.3 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,107	$73,438
Median home value	$188,400	$178,300
Housing units	457	272
Homeownership rate	97.9%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
Population	799 → 1,277 (+59.8%)	749 → 470 (-37.2%)
Median household income	$59,028 → $64,107 (+8.6%)	$32,670 → $73,438 (+124.8%)
Median home value	$158,200 → $188,400 (+19.1%)	$76,700 → $178,300 (+132.5%)

Arrowhead Beach

Population

7991,277

Median household income

$59,028$64,107

Median home value

$158,200$188,400

Cape Colony

Population

749470

Median household income

$32,670$73,438

Median home value

$76,700$178,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
Under 5	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.1%	23.4%
45 to 54	2.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	20.4%
75 and over	9.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
No high school diploma	20.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.3%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
Drove alone	72.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.8%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
1-unit, detached	73.5%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Arrowhead Beach	Cape Colony
Poverty rate	35.8%	19.8%
Average household size	3.30	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	36	15
Median year structure built	1984	1986