Carolina Beach vs Ogden

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

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

Ogden has the higher population (8,363 vs 6,665 in Carolina Beach). Ogden has the higher median household income ($111,461 vs $88,239 in Carolina Beach). Carolina Beach has the higher median home value ($487,800 vs $431,000 in Ogden).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
Population	6,665	8,363
Median age	52.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,239	$111,461
Median home value	$487,800	$431,000
Median gross rent	$1,544	$2,143
Housing units	6,006	3,422
Homeownership rate	79.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
Population	6,265 → 6,665 (+6.4%)	8,408 → 8,363 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$74,949 → $88,239 (+17.7%)	$95,425 → $111,461 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$353,100 → $487,800 (+38.1%)	$331,300 → $431,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,544 (+33.9%)	$1,140 → $2,143 (+88.0%)

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

Ogden

Population

8,4088,363

Median household income

$95,425$111,461

Median home value

$331,300$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$2,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
Under 5	3.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	20.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.2%
75 and over	5.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
Drove alone	73.6%	66.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
1-unit, detached	41.9%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Beach	Ogden
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1988	1994