Carolina Beach vs Murraysville

A side-by-side comparison of Carolina Beach and Murraysville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murraysville has the higher population (17,307 vs 6,665 in Carolina Beach). Carolina Beach has the higher median household income ($88,239 vs $75,720 in Murraysville). Carolina Beach has the higher median home value ($487,800 vs $281,600 in Murraysville).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
Population	6,665	17,307
Median age	52.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,239	$75,720
Median home value	$487,800	$281,600
Median gross rent	$1,544	$1,667
Housing units	6,006	7,601
Homeownership rate	79.4%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
Population	6,265 → 6,665 (+6.4%)	16,542 → 17,307 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$74,949 → $88,239 (+17.7%)	$62,331 → $75,720 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$353,100 → $487,800 (+38.1%)	$192,300 → $281,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,544 (+33.9%)	$1,206 → $1,667 (+38.2%)

Carolina Beach

Population

6,2656,665

Median household income

$74,949$88,239

Median home value

$353,100$487,800

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,544

Murraysville

Population

16,54217,307

Median household income

$62,331$75,720

Median home value

$192,300$281,600

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.7%
75 and over	5.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
Drove alone	73.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
1-unit, detached	41.9%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	12.1%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Beach	Murraysville
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1988	2000