Carolina Beach vs Myrtle Grove

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

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

Myrtle Grove has the higher population (12,404 vs 6,665 in Carolina Beach). Myrtle Grove has the higher median household income ($112,139 vs $88,239 in Carolina Beach). Carolina Beach has the higher median home value ($487,800 vs $398,600 in Myrtle Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
Population	6,665	12,404
Median age	52.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,239	$112,139
Median home value	$487,800	$398,600
Median gross rent	$1,544	$1,523
Housing units	6,006	4,995
Homeownership rate	79.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
Population	6,265 → 6,665 (+6.4%)	10,753 → 12,404 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$74,949 → $88,239 (+17.7%)	$78,000 → $112,139 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$353,100 → $487,800 (+38.1%)	$280,500 → $398,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,544 (+33.9%)	$1,180 → $1,523 (+29.1%)

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

Myrtle Grove

Population

10,75312,404

Median household income

$78,000$112,139

Median home value

$280,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
Under 5	3.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	17.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
Drove alone	73.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
1-unit, detached	41.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Beach	Myrtle Grove
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1988	1997