Bayshore vs Wrightsville Beach

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

Bayshore and Wrightsville 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 2,679 in Wrightsville Beach). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median household income ($167,273 vs $97,174 in Bayshore). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median home value ($1,041,800 vs $498,300 in Bayshore).

Population, income & housing

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
Population	2,870	2,679
Median age	41.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,174	$167,273
Median home value	$498,300	$1,041,800
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,892
Housing units	1,355	2,926
Homeownership rate	84.1%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
Population	4,496 → 2,870 (-36.2%)	2,565 → 2,679 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$86,197 → $97,174 (+12.7%)	$109,013 → $167,273 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$287,100 → $498,300 (+73.6%)	$798,700 → $1,041,800 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,308 (+29.9%)	$1,655 → $1,892 (+14.3%)

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

Wrightsville Beach

Population

2,5652,679

Median household income

$109,013$167,273

Median home value

$798,700$1,041,800

Median gross rent

$1,655$1,892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
Under 5	1.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	1.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	21.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	20.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	21.1%
75 and over	7.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	9.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	46.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
Drove alone	75.5%	69.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
1-unit, detached	82.1%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bayshore	Wrightsville Beach
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	2000	1978