Bayshore vs Kure Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bayshore and Kure Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayshore has the higher population (2,870 vs 2,323 in Kure Beach). Kure Beach has the higher median household income ($102,292 vs $97,174 in Bayshore). Kure Beach has the higher median home value ($633,800 vs $498,300 in Bayshore).

Population, income & housing

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
Population	2,870	2,323
Median age	41.9 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,174	$102,292
Median home value	$498,300	$633,800
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,373
Housing units	1,355	2,204
Homeownership rate	84.1%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
Population	4,496 → 2,870 (-36.2%)	2,124 → 2,323 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$86,197 → $97,174 (+12.7%)	$71,319 → $102,292 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$287,100 → $498,300 (+73.6%)	$453,500 → $633,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,308 (+29.9%)	$1,414 → $1,373 (-2.9%)

Bayshore

Population

4,4962,870

Median household income

$86,197$97,174

Median home value

$287,100$498,300

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,308

Kure Beach

Population

2,1242,323

Median household income

$71,319$102,292

Median home value

$453,500$633,800

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
Under 5	1.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	7.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	21.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	18.3%	18.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	27.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	17.5%
75 and over	7.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	9.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
Drove alone	75.5%	53.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	19.7%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
1-unit, detached	82.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bayshore	Kure Beach
Poverty rate	2.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	2000	1994