Blue Clay Farms vs Wrightsville Beach

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

Blue Clay Farms 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.

Wrightsville Beach has the higher population (2,679 vs 179 in Blue Clay Farms). Wrightsville Beach has the higher median home value ($1,041,800 vs $363,000 in Blue Clay Farms). Since 2019, Blue Clay Farms's population has grown faster (+2883.3% vs +4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
Population	179	2,679
Median age	37.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$167,273
Median home value	$363,000	$1,041,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,892
Housing units	98	2,926
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
Population	6 → 179 (+2883.3%)	2,565 → 2,679 (+4.4%)
Median household income	—	$109,013 → $167,273 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$326,400 → $363,000 (+11.2%)	$798,700 → $1,041,800 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,655 → $1,892 (+14.3%)

Blue Clay Farms

Population

6179

Median home value

$326,400$363,000

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)

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
Under 5	15.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	38.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	21.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	46.3%
Graduate or professional degree	54.4%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
Drove alone	53.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.1%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
1-unit, detached	100.0%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Clay Farms	Wrightsville Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	2018	1978