Manteo vs Southern Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Manteo and Southern Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southern Shores has the higher population (3,119 vs 1,853 in Manteo). Southern Shores has the higher median household income ($116,859 vs $78,594 in Manteo). Southern Shores has the higher median home value ($621,100 vs $384,100 in Manteo).

Population, income & housing

	Manteo	Southern Shores
Population	1,853	3,119
Median age	40.5 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,594	$116,859
Median home value	$384,100	$621,100
Median gross rent	$1,261	$2,018
Housing units	1,458	2,461
Homeownership rate	61.5%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manteo	Southern Shores
Population	1,950 → 1,853 (-5.0%)	2,899 → 3,119 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$48,375 → $78,594 (+62.5%)	$96,553 → $116,859 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$293,900 → $384,100 (+30.7%)	$465,200 → $621,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,261 (+15.4%)	$1,914 → $2,018 (+5.4%)

Manteo

Population

1,9501,853

Median household income

$48,375$78,594

Median home value

$293,900$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,261

Southern Shores

Population

2,8993,119

Median household income

$96,553$116,859

Median home value

$465,200$621,100

Median gross rent

$1,914$2,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manteo	Southern Shores
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	18.9%
75 and over	8.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manteo	Southern Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manteo	Southern Shores
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manteo	Southern Shores
Drove alone	70.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	1.6%
Worked from home	13.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manteo	Southern Shores
1-unit, detached	48.1%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Manteo	Southern Shores
Poverty rate	23.2%	0.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1992	1989